Hi All, I decided to write vintage and see what services they do offer. > >Don, >Thank you for your inquiry. > >Many of the pianos we restore require all new actions, while other pianos >are able to be restored with some or most of the original mechanisms >serviced rather than replaced. Most of the time use our own >judgment...other times, customers may have input as they see fit. > >Just to give you an idea...to totally refinish & restore a small to medium >size grand with a closed-grain finish, new strings, pinblock, all new action >(we generally use Renner actions) is around $7,000-$8,000. The action >itself is about $2,500-$3,500 depending on piano, but we give a better price >when a new action is ordered with a complete refinishing/restoration job. >Hope this helps. Let me know what other questions you might have. > >Michael Stinnett >Vintage Piano Shop @ Dollywood > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> >To: <michael@vintagepianoshop.com> >Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 8:20 AM >Subject: Rebuilding service > > >> Hi, >> >> Does your rebuilding include new hammers? New hammers and shanks? Complete >> action replacement? (hammers, shanks, wippens and damphers?) >> >> If not what would you charge for doing so at "each" level. >> >> Thanks! >> > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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