[Gene Pederson]

My opinion is that today most people aren't really aware of how wood used to be finished, or even what photofinish is. I have read threads more than once where an unknowing owner of a radio was going to refinish it and sanded the photofinish right off before they realized what had happened.

If you think about it, poly has been around a while now and when it came out it was the "improved" wood finish that needed no where near the maintenance of lacquer. Plus it would not be affected by water the same way.

Gene