---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Greetings, Upom leaving piano tech school, I had this very same idea: to restore Turn- of-the-century uprights for folks who appreciate the Victorian decor, with all the curly cues in the ornate wood working. A guy named Tom Moyer in the Reading-Lebanon area does such work. I have changed my mind about this business, because the market is probably very small. However, I own one such piano. Her name is Becky. I am actually planning a "turn of the century room" in my next home. I plan to restore my old Becker Brother's upright (1903) from the furniture part all the way to new hammers. The soundboard is excellent. One knocks on it and it echoes/resonates 'like the dickens'. The bridges are really good too, and the aprons are in total contact with the soundboard. Becky may need new hammers and felts all over and possibly new tuning pins, a size larger. I would call this an extensive reconditioning, but not a rebuild. Becky would be worth it. She helped me through college and the cabinet is very Victorian ( ornate/curly que-ish). Her booming sound is great on the Beethoven! I would name it a noble cause to restore these turn of the century uprights. This is a part of true Americana; it reminds us of when almost every medium sized town in North Americia had the little piano manufacturer. Think of them all...Girard, Becker Bros, Jannisen, Cable Nelson, Reinhard, the list goes on and on! (Yes, Canada was manufacturing their uprights in their mid-size towns too, as well as Toronto...likened to New York for us) If you can find good candidate pianos, do the work and then market the piano at the correct place to get the desired appreciative customer... its a go. Why not? Julia Gottchall, Reading, PA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d7/7c/60/29/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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