Rebuilding an Artcase Knabe Square Grand

[Ron Berry]

I got this message from Jim Birch about rebuilding an artcase square.  If any 
of you are interested you can contact her.  I'm sending this to the list 
because it is a special case of someone willing to have the piano rebuilt 
anywhere.

Ron

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From:           	"Barbara Avrea" <avrea@earthlink.net>
To:             	webmaster@ptg.org
Subject:        	Referred by Jim Birch
Date sent:      	Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:47:09 -0500
Send reply to:  	avrea@earthlink.net

To Ron:
We were referred to you by Jim Birch, as he suggested we contact you 
regarding a specific request we have. Last year my husband and I acquired 
a spectacular art case ornately carved rosewood square grand piano built in 
1859 by William Knabe. We have been using the services of one of your 
members, Mr. Ken Slater, to tune the piano. The problem is, the piano will 
not stay in tune, probably due to issues involving the pin block, string 
bridges, and dry checks in the sound board. We were wondering if you 
could put out a request to all of your members to see if someone will refer us 
to a craftsman who can rebuild the musical part of the piano, as the case is 
in perfect condition, with no need of restoration. We would greatly 
appreciate your posting this to the members as we really need to get this 
done soon.

Thank you very much, Ron, for any help you can give us.

Sincerely,


Barbara Avrea
avrea@earthlink.net


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