Terry Good advice & the cases were pretty & well designed Dale This sounds like a potential fabulous opportunity for a rebuilder. The K&B are generally well-built pianos. 1912 should have metal action brackets - but yes, the actions do have weird parts - the action will be more expensive to properly rebuild than normal - either need to use custom parts, or convert to more traditional action. The owners obviously know it needs rebuilding - they may not be aware of the full extent needed, but they clearly appear to be half-way there. The piano is obviously a family heirloom - no other piano is going to work in quite the same way. Such a small piano is potentially a prime candidate for belly design improvements (need to evaluate rim, framing, plate, etc to determine what exactly can be done with it). IMHO, assuming the thing needs a new soundboard, I would just recommend a full remanufacture with a redesigned belly (assuming plate, etc. allows proper redesign) and tell 'em you (or whomever) can make the piano sound and play better than any new small grand for $30 to $35K and see then where the family heirloom thing pushes them. Hey, if you are not interested, I'd jump at an opportunity like this! Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060613/68a035d8/attachment-0001.html
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