Hi Kent No, the bridges were perfect. Most of the work/cost was the action and case. The case was really really rough, even for an institution. Best Eric On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for this. It is more than I would have hoped for to find someone > here familiar with the piano. I should have said "received belly work". The > piano was restrung and the pinblock refaced, new dampers, in addition to the > refinished soundboard. Since you are the expert here, and this work was > arranged before I was the head tech here in a position to know details, were > the bridges recapped, or do they just look good? > > Kent > > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Eric Johnson <eric at perarts.com> wrote: > >> This piano did not receive a new belly, but the soundboard was refinished. >> I know this because at the time I represented Bosendorfer and arranged for >> the work to be done. >> >> >> Eric Johnson 203 520 9064 >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:48 PM, <kswafford at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> We have a Bösendorfer Imperial (9' 6", 97 notes) that has overstayed its >>> welcome here for a number of reasons. >>> >>> (The current dean wants to move to the all-Steinway designation and so >>> the B'dorf' must move away from any concert stage. Also, our backstage is >>> ill-equipped to deal with this extra-wide instrument which cannot be rolled >>> through standard double doors. There is no room for the piano to stay >>> backstage during opera, ballet, and large ensemble performances, so we have >>> been taking the doors off their hinges to move the piano out of the stage >>> area. Big inconvenience) >>> >>> The piano is 40 years old. Four years ago the instrument was refinished, >>> received a new belly, and new hammers, shanks and flanges in Vienna. The >>> case could be touched up to near-perfection. It has one-piece original >>> ivories that show some cracking that can be seen but not felt under the >>> fingers. The instrument is concert-ready for all practical purposes. >>> >>> The dean would like to sell the piano. >>> >>> I think potential buyers would be vanishingly few, and it is unlikely >>> that the piano could be sold quickly -- might take a long time. My >>> observation is that especially in the central part of the country, the >>> values of used nicer pianos and especially used larger pianos have been >>> depressed for some time. >>> >>> I am tasked with estimating at what price the instrument might be >>> expected to sell. >>> >>> Is there any guidance out there? Anyone need an extra Imperial? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Kent Swafford >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Eric Johnson >> 203 520 9064 >> > > -- Eric Johnson 203 520 9064 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100924/a2bf7f85/attachment-0001.htm>
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