---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Brian, The approved estimate includes new case parts, new hammers and shanks, fabricating about 10 new wippens and jacks while restoring the remaining action parts. I'm replacing the two-piece pinblock, both blocks more complicated than usual, and rescaling the bass. Finish work only on the new parts. I may need to augment the original quote to include new bridge caps, but the customer was delighted by the chance of restoring the case to original, so... The board came out quite easily in about 30 minutes - I've had a lot of practice from junking uprights for materials to use in new instruments and I can usually get them out fairly intact with cauls, hammers, chisels and a mix of hot water and acetic acid in a spray bottle. This one splintered in two places only, both easily repaired. This will be my first attempt at re-ribbing a piano; I will put shorter ribs in place of the fanned originals and then place additional ribs between them - so probably 10 in all. The idea is to warm the shop into replacing soundboards in-house. (BTW, re-ribbing with the board in place on a Chickering could be a nightmare with their style of bracing) I think the estimate came out around $4600, though I got accused of giving the new legs away (they, too, are practice for the 6 1840's Sheraton-style grand legs I'll be making this winter). I live in Greenville, N.H. - formerly Old Mason Village, birthplace of Jonas Chickering. Cheers, Clark Panaccione ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f5/8c/93/25/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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