This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dear Friends, Thanks for all of your comments. I expected a wide variety of opinions. = Here is a little more detail about the piano: Serial # 26784 It has a = full plate with agraffes all the way to the top note. The soundboard = does not go all the way around the rim. There is a cutoff area with a = tensioning bar in the bass section. It is an 85 note keyboard. Tubular = action rails with capstan screws not rockers. 2 pedals no sostenuto. = Rosewood case with carved legs similar ro those found on a square grand = piano. Old style damper posts with no screw sockets. =20 The piano is in a private home. My customer would like to restore or = preserve the piano for her own use and possibly donate it to a musical = organization in the future or perhaps a museum. My customer is trying = to determine whether the piano would be more valuable as an original = instrument or a restored instrument. =20 Here is how I plan to proceed: 1.Talk to Steinway 2. Try and determine = if the piano is in original condition. 3. Give my client the pro's and = con's of each approach if the piano is determined to be in original = condition and proceed from there. Thanks again for all of your responses. I'll try and report back when = and if my client makes a decision. Regards, Steve Stephen Snyder Registered Piano Technician 342 Scotts Lake Road Salem, NY 12865 518-854-3888 e-mail: shsnyder@sover.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/26/48/89/2a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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