How do you brighten up old steel strings? I learned in 1970-71 to rub them with Polita, but it always seemed slightly destructive to me. And how about old, dark wound strings? I learned to use steel wool. What's the best practice now? || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| jason kanter . piano tuning/regulation/repair bellevue, wa . 425 562 4127 . cell 425 831 1561 orcas island . 360 376 2799 ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 1:36 PM Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving? > We have gotten $10,000-$12,000 for top-notch restored > uprights in the Atlanta market ( without new > soundboards ). The thing to do is have the customer > compare them with a new piano of the same price. The > ornate case and resonant tone of the oldies usually > beats out the new stuff. But the newer pianos are > usualy LOT cleaner on the inside, unless great effort > is made to attend to this, which is why I have come up > with so many techniques to make old pianos odor-free > and sanitary. I don't want to face God and answer for > giving someone's 5 year old daughter, forced to > practice, a disease from the residues in an old piano. > Thump > > > --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > I strongly suspect that may depend quite a bit on > > how one defines > > "restored/remanufactured". > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cy Shuster" <741662027@theshusters.org> > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 5:07 PM > > Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving? > > > > > > > In Minnesota, the store couldn't get more than > > $2,000 for one -- even a > > big > > > Bush & Lane. > > > > > > --Cy Shuster-- > > > Bluefield, WV > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com> > > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:55 PM > > > Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving? > > > > > > > > > > At 8:40 PM -0400 7/9/04, Clyde Hollinger wrote: > > > > >... Has anyone tried to see if there might > > actually be a market for > > > > >restored/remanufactured old uprights? ... > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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