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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joanne, post: 381581, member: 8005&quot;]Oh, no, Nvntivs- that was my failure to read properly, not you at all! You&#039;ve been so super helpful and I have appreciated every thought and suggestion!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve located a local man who is a very knowledgeable musician and instrument builder. I&#039;m going to take the cabinet to him to look over (and help restore). I think he might be able to help as I am beginning to wonder if that top bit of timber under the lid is actually original - or not. What&#039;s confusing me is that there are only those two holes- nothing else to suggest anything attached either via nail, screw, or glue. Just the little outside square of stain and the untouched wood inside that square.</p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally- my living room floor (I live in a 1930&#039;s California Bungalow- Australian variation) and the timber in my floor is the same- stained around the outside, raw in the middle. I&#039;ve heard this was a &quot;poor man&#039;s&quot; trick to look like carpet!</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if the cabinet matches the era of my house- early Deco. The shapes of the molding on the front doors is very like the shapes in my ceiling plaster friezes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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