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
@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.