This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ed, Check with Ed Foote. I think he has another old Steinway Vertical that he might be trying to sell for Vanderbilt pretty soon, IF he hadn't sold it already. Real classic old Steinway. Late 1800's. Anyone interested will have to call him. --------------------- About the pinblock --- CALL Webb Phillips. Get his catalog. He sells the FalconWood Pinblock dowels that can be glued in and drilled out for # 1 ( recommended ) or # 2 pins for restringing. It's NOT hard at all. In fact, laying the piano on it's back is easier for drilling out the holes with a drill stand over it than drilling out an new block for a grand piano. ( You'll have to build your own jig for drilling.) Webb can show and tell you how to drill the holes for the dowel plugs. You'll have to do it in stages which involves drilling every other hole - top / bottom ; next note - middle only; etc., then doing it ALL over again for the holes NOT drilled the first time. The whole process can be done in about 1 to 2 days using his Wood Rebuilder (glue). I love the stuff !! I have an old 52" Vose & Sons (1889 ) that I'm rebuilding for an elderly (retired) customer. It has Beautiful Cherry and Mahogany woods, front panel carvings, with lamination over some of the top/sides/etc. I'm replacing EVERYTHING but keys, frame, board, block, plate. Completely refinishing and rebuilding inside and out. The piano will be valued about what she paid for it, (gift from HER mother), rebuilding cost, and any more she can get out of it. However, it's been a family heirloom since her grandmother was a little girl in the late 1800's, and she's having it rebuilt to hand-me-down to family. THAT's the "real" value to this job, and my customer knows it. I have found that a Name on a fallboard means NOTHING if the piano inside is not worth spitting at it. An old Steinway vertical like the one you have is only worth what the customer paid for it, and what they paid you to rebuild it. You do the math... DON'T CUT CORNERS !!! DO IT ALL CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME !! A complete rebuild on an old Steinway vertical like that you have would be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $6000 to $8000 ..... depending on how much you charge ?? Don't do it cheap. Your time is worth EVERY penny you charge. D.L.Tassin, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/b7/3f/16/50/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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