Fw: Odd Query:

[Robert Moffatt]

Cole,
I've done it. Works great....sounds great....looks great, and the client is
very happy. It's not that expensive..I made money doing it with out charging
a lot, and it -is- under warranty. No need to be too negative people..unless
you've tried it and not been that successful ;~) Call on me privately for
details.

Bob Moffatt
Calgary, Alberta
Canada



----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Goodale <rrg@nevada.edu>



> Is it possible, certainly.  In all likelyhood doing such a project would
be
> totaly economically unjustified.  There are numerous "digital grands" out
there
> to choose from in a variety qualities and features.  As an electronic
> instrument the sound quality would be the same.  By the time you buy a
> keyboard, modify the case including cosmetics, purchase speakers and
install
> them, and rig the pedals so that they interface with the keyboard, I think
you
> will find that you have spent most of what it would cost to purchase a new
> instrument built specifically as a digital grand.  Furthermore you may run
into
> warranty problems should anything go wrong with the keyboard.  My
suggestion is
> to forget it.  If the customer wants a digital grand piano, tell them to
buy a
> digital grand piano.
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>
> Cole Wheeler wrote:
>
> > Hello-
> >
> > I joined this list for the specific purpose of posting the one question
> > which will follow.  The concept involved in this question will
undoubtedly
> > make some of the members of this forum squirm and shudder with the
revulsion
> > one of our Puritan forefathers might experience upon viewing the South
Park
> > movie.  That said, here's my question:
> >    Has anyone heard of or know of any resources regarding 'retrofitting'
an
> > apartment-sized baby grand body with an electronic, fully weighted, 88
key
> > keyboard, amp and speakers?
> >    The piano in question is of almost no consequence; a Heller brand
(the
> > company made furniture, not instruments) apartment baby grand that has
seen
> > much climatic abuse and four boisterous children, now adults.  The harp
is
> > seriously warped and shot.  The keys are shot.  The hammers are shot.
> > Refurbishing as a traditional piano is prohibitively expensive,
considering
> > the initial quality of the instrument.  The box, however, is
> > lovely--wonderful legs, lovely top and sides.
> >    The owner of this piano is extremely attached to it, for sentimental
> > reasons only.  So why not, I ask myself, gut the thing and put a decent
> > fully-weighted, 88 key electronic keyboard with an amp and some speakers
> > inside?  A 'virtual' piano, if you will.
> >
> > Please refrain from responding if all you have to offer is a moral
diatribe
> > on the heresy I have proposed.  If you've ever heard of anyone else
doing
> > this, however, please forward any and all information you may have.
> >
> > Most appreciatively,
> >
> > Cole Wheeler
>
>