Ola Mr. Merchman
I rubbed them down with 0000 steel wool and Formby's furniture cleaner, wiped it down, then over a period of 5 weeks, 5 coats of Restore Finish (cherry). Then 2 coats of Howard's Bees Wax and 2 coats of Minwax Paste Furniture Wax. The finish is beautiful.
I replaced the $7,000 Emerald Physics speakers in my main 2 channel system ... Conrad Johnson MV60 with KT120s, Sonic Frontiers tube SLF-1 preamp, Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ phono stage, MMF 7.1 with Hana SL mc cartridge, Marantz NA8005 Network Audio Player.
The sound is wonderful!! I am totally pleased with this rig.
The Fortes are shockingly good!
I'd post pictures but photobucket has crapped out on me.
