[pianotech] Rebuildable S&S B

[paul bruesch]

Hmmm, I've found some info on Faust-Harrison... they LOOK legit. I'm
curious why they may have taken a month to initially get back to John (my
customer, who should have long since made up his mind, but hadn't!!)


On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:12 PM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

> Hello Dale,
>
> I'm still going around and around with my client (John) and Bob Friedman.
> Bob has made what I feel is an extremely generous offer, based on John's
> hard-core attitude and complete utter lack of understanding what a "good"
> piano is. (Hint: it ain't this one!)
>
> So now, after much ado with me in the middle, John called just now and
> claims he's contacted Faust-Harrison Pianos in NYC. He claims that FHP has
> made an offer 20% higher than Bob's.
>
> I have never heard of FHP. Have you? Do you have an opinion of them? I
> stand to make some cash if I channel it through Bob, and nothing if John
> sells it directly to FHP.
>
> Thanks! (If you haven't heard of them, I plan to post a similar query to
> pianotech.)
>
> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul
>>  The value is really determined by what the cost of a total restoration
>> would be. A 1929 B rode hard and put away wet, as you put it, is most
>> likely going to need
>> everything including a new key set. So if the restoration cost are for
>> example 35K to 40 K the question remains.....what can it be sold for after
>> work?
>> Many shops across the country are finding it difficult to recoup 50K for
>> even the most fastidiously restored Bs. In my opinion that's a tragedy but
>> it is what it is.
>>  In my opinion the piano presently is perhaps worth 7 to 12 K depending
>> on condition.
>>  Bob Friedmans is a stand up guy with his finger on the pulse nationwide.
>> Call him
>>
>> *Dale Erwin R.P.T.
>> Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
>> ** Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos
>> www.Erwinspiano.com
>> Phone: 209-577-8397
>> *
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net>
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 7:12 pm
>> Subject: [pianotech] Rebuildable S&S B
>>
>>  I have a customer with a 1929 S&S (NY) B. It's been in a supper club
>> for many years, been rode hard and put up wet. Customer says the action is
>> from another B which was in even worse condition. This action is
>> verdigris'd, although I did very successfully use the brake parts cleaner
>> trick on it.
>>
>>  Customer has a second S&S B from 1968. It has also been in the supper
>> club for years, but it is in overall much better condition.
>>
>>  He called me recently to ask if I thought he could sell one or the
>> other of them. I suspect he's having cash flow issues, but I didn't ask. I
>> suggested he should sell the 1929 model - because then he'd still have a
>> piano in the place! He wanted me to suggest an asking price. I declined,
>> but mentioned something I'd read here a few years back about a rebuilding
>> carcass going for ca $1000 per foot. I don't recall if that was before or
>> during the plantetary economic slump... does that rule of thumb still
>> apply? Or is it regional, like a better-playing instrument?
>>
>>  Thanks!
>> Paul Bruesch
>> Stillwater, MN
>>
>
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