In a message dated 5/4/00 10:30:36 AM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: << We do about 20 complete > upright restorations per year at an average cost of 7k to 8k and the volume > goes up each year. I am always sure to tell the customer that this is not an > investement and that it is likely that they will never break even. Though > there is a piano dealer located about 100 miles from here who specializes in > restored old uprights. He has a waiting list of customers for his pianos at > $7500.00 apiece. > David Koelzer >> There is another angle at which to look at this in regard to the price of rebuilding uprights. For me to do the following will cost $6993. New hammers, shanks, butts and flanges, new wippens, new damper felts, new keytops, and new ebonies, bush front and balance, complete action regulation, cleaning in the insides, new strings and pins, new finish, replate hardware, new decal, rubber buttons, etc. This does NOT include repairs to the pin block or the soundboard, it doesn't replace the under key felts, it doesn't replace the stickers, or repair them or replace the little felts at the bottom of the stickers. It also doesn't repair any case damage, or to pay the finisher extra for fancy legs etc. And This is for a piano I don't even own. In other words, if someone wants to sell an upright that has been completely rebuilt, for $7500, he is either not doing everything necessary, or he is cheating himself. Willem
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