---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Arlin, The Crown upright certainly lived up to its name. It was one of the best built pianos bar none, even out of the East coast, from the early years of the 20th century. I have significantly rebuilt several of these gems and while yes, it is many thousand$, no ever complained about the price when the work was done. We have no way of knowing exactly what the piano sounded like when it was new as none of use were alive and recording equipment was too primitive to give an accurate audio record. But with new action parts, and high quality, cold pressed hammers (Isaac, Ronsen) the piano will sound great. Replacing a pinblock or a soundboard in an upright is quite possible and can essentially give you a new piano which will be passed to even more generations. Can you tell I love these pianos? > > 1. Assuming the action could be rebuilt and the strings replaced, how > nearly would such a repaired piano resemble a new piano in sound and > playability? > > 2. Is it feasible to take apart the frame so that the soundboard can be > replaced (Can the sound board even BE replaced?) > > 3. How many thousand dollars would such a job cost (ball park figure would > be fine). > > Thanks for any advice you can give me. > > By the way, I've been reading the digests of post on the board and have > learned a great deal from lurking around you all on the board. I hope to be > joining the Austin chapter of the PTG soon. > > Thanks, > Arlin > Andrew Remillard ANRPiano.com ANR Piano Service 2417 Maple Ave Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-852-5058 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/79/94/9d/d9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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