Don McPhee Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 have a circa 79 pair of La ScalasNot having much experience with wood at all, there is some degradation/edge wear where on the top plate, and was wondering if that is raw plywood or if it is veneer. I thought I read somewhere That the La Scala in the 60s and 70s were offered in a raw plywood with no veneer finish. I appreciate your feedback Cheers Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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moray james Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 looks like a layer of veneer the base cabinet material is likely plywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Almost universally, La Scalas were raw birch plywood, birch plywood painted black or a few were birch plywood with clear lacquer. Yours look to have been raw birch and stained/finished, LS-BR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McPhee Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnA said: Almost universally, La Scalas were raw birch plywood, birch plywood painted black or a few were birch plywood with clear lacquer. Yours look to have been raw birch and stained/finished, LS-BR. The code on the tag is LSBB which according to the folks at Klipsch is La Scala Birch black lacquer. He looked it up on some documents however what does not seem to follow true as the cabinets are finished in wood and the only part of this that’s black is the interior base bins, which I am extremely pleased with as I refinished the interior bins and re-painted gloss black and they turned out amazing. I also lightly sanded the cabinets and re-stained and that turned out beautuful as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McPhee Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Bass bin refinished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McPhee Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Light sanding and some stain.... very pleased!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 11 hours ago, Don McPhee said: The code on the tag is LSBB which according to the folks at Klipsch is La Scala Birch black lacquer. He looked it up on some documents however what does not seem to follow true as the cabinets are finished in wood and the only part of this that’s black is the interior base bins, Looks like someone veneered over the original BB and left the bass bins alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Would have to agree with wuzzzer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McPhee Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 1 hour ago, JRH said: Would have to agree with wuzzzer. So do you think the black lacquer finish had all the front moldings around The top bin and the base bin? The other thing that doesn’t make sense is the woofer that is in these, K 43’s instead of the 33’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Don McPhee said: So do you think the black lacquer finish had all the front moldings around The top bin and the base bin? No. Those aren't original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 The speakers were shipped black and then re-finished at one time...with being possibly re-veneered. The moulding used on the face of the speakers are not factory original, neither are they done the same way as was done for a factory moulding application. The pics provided do not tell us whether they were re-veneered prior to refinishing. But if the speakers were veneered-over prior to refinishing, then whomever did it seems to have done a good job. If they just refinished the existing veneer from the factory, and the wood grain of the underlaying veneer has wood grain running 90 degrees from the unchipped areas, then they were probably NOT re-veneered...since plywood is laid-up with plys wood grain patterns running opposite 90 degree directions from each other...this is what gives plywood its strength and tendency to not warp or bow easily. LaScalas from that time were built using overlapping butt joints, so if there are any plies showing they were NOT re-veneered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Damn. Now I gotta agree with HDBRbuilder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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