Like Bigwull said,,mixing of woods is not unusual and if this had say a maple top with oak base would not be out of the ordinary !! But pine is a cheaper secondary wood !! That's why we are skeptical of it being original to the base !! And the fact that someone had done something to it sets off alarm bells !! I saw no where, in all I read on the company, that pine was ever used by them and would not be their style to do so !! Especially since they were a quality manufacturer !! Not saying its impossible,, but just not likely !!