> No cracks in the soundboard may be a positive sign... but that in itself does > not guarantee a good panel.. Indeed, but be aware, that if someone is re-engineering and replacing the soundboard, ad. nausium, we will very quickly go way past the $6K to $7K figure. That price sounds to me like the standard "strings, dampers, hammers, keytops and refinish" job. Then you'll have a good looking worn out piano that sounds better than it did. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Stuyvesant grand piano > Pinboard eh ??? Playing darts are we ??? > > Kidding aside... what can you say eh ?? I would suggest a healthy portion of > the truth, with a nice dash of freindlyness thrown in. You can dodge the > inevitable discussion about the turn of the century quality thing by simply > noting that regardless... its nearly 100 years old and time takes its toll. I > dont know the name so I cant speak to anything about that, But 2000 dollars for > a usuable grand (if thats what it is) is not unusual me thinks. > > As far as being worth restoring. Seems to me as I understand the DelRonRon do > the RonRonDel camp that just about any grand is doable as long as the rim and > bracing is solid enough. Seems like they are quite capable of re-engineering a > good instrument regardless, and I dont see any real reason why they shouldnt be > able to. I'm not quite sure how much of the origional Stuyvesant would be left > but thats another matter. > > No cracks in the soundboard may be a positive sign... but that in itself does > not guarentee a good panel.. > > Just my 3 and a quarter cents worth > > RicB > > > > Avery Todd wrote: > > > List, > > > > This was just forwarded to me from our music office. > > > > Anyone want to take a crack at telling me what to say to her? If it > > needs a new "pinboard" :-), I have a hard time believing that that > > piano would fetch 2-$3,000. Am I correct? I'm also not familiar with > > this brand. I've heard the name but that's all! Thanks. > > > > Avery > > > > >I attended U of H as a graduate student in biology many years ago. I know > > >that U of H has a very fine music department and was hoping that you could > > >give me someone to email, talk to, etc. I have a Stuyvesant grand piano > > >S/N 21863 built about 1910. It needs a new pinboard, hammers, and strings. > > >There are no cracks in the soundboard. Is it worth restoring? The > > >technician said that I could probably get $2000-$3000 for it as is. It > > >would run about $6000-$7000 to restore. I read that pianos from the turn > > >of the century are a better quality than later years. All I know about > > >Stuyvesant is that it was bought by Aeolian after the depression. > > > > > >Thank you for any help you can give me. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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