Well, Terry, I suggested 35-40 gs to turn it into something resembling new. She needs a little hand-holding there. It mostly plays, several keys are notchy hard to play. The lid hinge needs re-attaching and she wants an avowed Collard & Collard expert to do that too! It has been maintained in the past but I did recommend a full remanufacture and she wants a hard bid with options from and expert. Andrew At 01:46 PM 10/10/2006, you wrote: >Regulate, tune and fix a hinge on a one-hundred-fifty-five year old >piano? Case needs work? That's it? > >Man, I really don't mean to be sarcastic here, but when was the last >time anyone worked on a 155 year old piano were some regulation, >tuning and a hinge fix got her up and running again? I suppose >anything is possible, but not bloody likely! :-) > >How about a full remanufacture at about $30K - $35K? > >Terry Farrell > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew and Rebeca Anderson" ><anrebe at sbcglobal.net> >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:10 PM >Subject: Collard & Collard Patent Repeater Action, London > > >>Had an interesting call this morning. A lady bought a beautiful >>antique that she wants to be able to play. It is a 1851 Collard & >>Collard ~238cm grand in pearwood veneer with fancy carvings. Ivory >>keys in fine and yellowed condition. Case needs work, lid is >>loose, hinged keyslip doesn't fit right... ... >> >>All keys were playing when she got it, some aren't now. >> >>She wants options. I don't do pianoforte so we are looking for >>someone who does. Possible flight and accommodations paid for >>expert in this piano make to come regulate and tune, repair worst >>of hinge problems, discuss options and give a relevant bid. This >>is in Laredo Texas. The piano itself was imported from Mexico and >>is apparently a duplicate of one give to Emperor Maximillian of Mexico. >> >>Please reply to andrew at andersonmusic.com >> >>Sincerely, >>Andrew Anderson >
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