Probably face-veneer. many of these open faced blocks were better made than hidden ones, and still hold very well. Value ????????? T --- Noah Haverkamp <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com> wrote: > I tuned this th'other day. 52". There were 3 broken > strings in the high treble and I broke 6 more, all > in the treble except for one in the upper tenor. The > open pinblock, which > was a very pretty grain, had tiny cracks around > several tuning pins, but during the semitone > pitch-raise, all the pins held well except for one > or two. > > The owner is spending a few hundred dollars to get > the thing playing. But we're curious (this is the > first really old piano I've serviced) about the > value of it. It is very attractive and the case is > in pretty good condition. I know it's not worth much > without being rebuilt, but what is a ballpark figure > for a rebuilt one? And is there anything I should > know about it before going next week to replace the > 9 strings, fine-tuning and doing some minor > regulation? Is that pinblock face veneer? > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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