Come on guys, and gals, let's not get our shorts in a bunch over a matter of opinion. Bob is a nice guy and Anteres is a nice guy as well and getting into a font slinging match isn't going to help the less knowledgeable grow in their skills and know how. In providing our customer, museum or a six year old, our object should be to provide the best we can with the best of our skills and the best of our knowledge. If we don't know something of significance we come here to learn. Let's not spoil that our hurts anothers feelings over something of not great significance. Rebuilding and restoring have been defined by PTG to help sort out the differences. I just cannot remember where the definitions are kept. I think I stored that data in my lower left leg. Our jobs are limited by the instrument, it's condition, our goals, the owner's goals the funds available and so many other factors that precise definitions are near impossible so a restoration or a rebuild will be different for each piano. Either way we must aim for quality and durability. Elements of any job that has a shorter life than others then replacement is in order, provided parts are available. > A restoration does not, in musium work, include replacing any thing! In an ideal situation this is true but with older instruments this is not possible so the objective is to replace with exact copies and historically accurate replication. So please everyone, we need all the people we can get so we can pick their brains. Love each and everyone of you. Newton
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