Replacing Veneer on ProAc Speakers


Movers seriously gouged the veneer on the top of one of my rosewood ProAc Response 1S speakers. I think it's too deep to refinish. Any recommendations for someone who does speaker restoration? It makes me ill to look at those wonderful speakers in that condition.
jclctr
There are consumer laws in the USA but they are VERY seldom enforced.
In essence, a joke.
@Jclctr- When you figure out your course of action(if it includes having your ProAcs re-veneered/refinished), let me know. I've got decades of experience with veneers and speaker cabinets. Obtaining Rosewood veneer(Santos/Brazilian/East Indian/etc) is no problem.
I'd certainly file a damage claim with the mover; can't hurt.

Contra some of the experiences noted above, when I did so for some broken furniture, I received a reasonable and timely settlement for repairs (which I ended up doing myself).

If all your equipment must be an AG 10, a furniture repair person might not cut it. But it may well be that a good one could effect a cosmetically acceptable result with a process less involved than Ryan describes, and do so within the dollar constraints of a settlement -- which I agree is unlikely to be the pair's replacement cost , for a sonically functioning single speaker with a scratch.

Still, sorry for your loss! :(

John
I agree that filing a damage claim is the right way to start; I just think the OP has to be realistic about what the end game is. If the speakers were broken, like Jdoris' furniture, that would be a very different matter. Cosmetic damage to a single speaker that remains fully functional and which is no longer in production is unlikely to get a sympathetic response from an insurance adjuster. They will depreciate the speaker and most likely offer a small fraction of the depreciated value, as long as the speaker still works. If you go into this assuming that they owe you a new pair of equivalent speakers, you're very likely to suffer through a long, frustrating, high blood pressure inducing process that will not get you where you want to be. It's a matter of having realistic expectations. If the mover or their insurer steps up to the plate, great. But don't count on it. Just my opinion. YMMV.