[rfeenstra]

Russ, that's what I thought too.  However, it appears that some sort of stain was used on the front piece of white wood, and not on the side pieces. On one side, the color transition is right on the joint of the 2 pieces of wood.  On the other side, they apparently stained part of the side piece (about an eighth of an inch). A closeup explains what I mean.  The trim around the lower portion matches the top front piece, though there is no end grain on that trim.  My question is, did they purposely leave the top side pieces lighter as part of the aesthetic design?  If the front trim is stained, as I suspect, they could have made the side piece match as well, as is obvious with the eighth inch of the side seen in the second picture.  I'm thinking that I will tone the side pieces to more closely match, but not completely as the original finish did have the side pieces lighter.  By the way,  I like the looks of the 15 much better!  The legs look better than the straight sides with the inset, angled sound board.  Now the work of masking and toning begins!

Greggshere,  I started to sand the stain, but it didn't change the appearance.  I suspected then that the stain went all the way through the veneer, so I decided to try and bleach it out. that was mostly successful.  A faint stain remains that I can live with.