Joyce,
I would not strip it until I was finished patching and regluing what needed that.
Then I'd take a paper towel and some similar wood and see if I couldn't match the existing color. I did the new veneer top to my 9W-7 treadle with a heavy coat of red oak, which was removed about 30 minutes later and a light coat of walnut over that. It gave is a reddish brown color very close to the originals. Then I use the walnut stain on the rest of it which made the tiger oak a brown color with a slight red tint.
After that two coats of amber shellac and one coat of clear shellac gave it that aged look. Then I use dark brown BriWax on it and it sure do look nice.
That is pretty much how I'm going to do those that need refinished. I will have to lightly sand them or clean them with something, but I won't strip them.
The one that has already been stripped will be lightly sanded and cleaned then stained with walnut or a mix of walnut / red oak stain then shellaced. After that the Briwax.
Joe