[pianotech] Brambach to rebuild?

[Susan Kline]

And, Del, you'd end up with the luckiest Brambach on earth!
<grin>

If you've read Larry Niven, that piano would have had the
luck of Teela Brown.

Susan

On 11/11/2010 10:41 PM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote:
> Were I a little younger and a little less busy I would snap that up in a
> heartbeat. Then I would redesign and remanufacture the thing with a new
> board, bridges, action--the whole thing. Everything I could think of. Then
> I'd keep it as a demo.
>
> When you do all of these things on a Steinway or a Baldwin and the results
> turn out better than the original folks look at it and play it, nod, and
> say, "Well, of course it sounds good; after all it's a Steinway or a
> Baldwin." When you do these things to a Brambach they are kind of forced to
> give you at least a little bit of credit for knowing what you are doing.
>
> ddf
>
> Delwin D Fandrich
> Piano Design&  Fabrication
> 620 South Tower Avenue
> Centralia, Washington 98531 USA
> del at fandrichpiano.com
> ddfandrich at gmail.com
> Phone  360.736.7563
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of Jim Moy
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:16 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild?
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm looking at this 5'8" 1925 Brambach as an educational rebuild.
>
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/moypiano/BrambachCandidate?authkey=Gv1sRgCMTcpY-
> hhuaqXw#
>
> Not looking to get any money out of it on resale (ok, maybe parts costs?),
> just more experience on rebuilding. Asking price is $500. Or maybe if it
> turns out nicer than my personal Chickering, I'll just keep it.
>
> Thoughts? If you have a Google account, you can comment on the individual
> photos in a blog-style area under each one if you click on them first to
> enlarge.
>
> Jim
>
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