<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C17CD5.0E9E05C0">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Li= st,<o:p></o:p> <!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> I = Just received an 1921 “M” back from the S&S restoration center. It was wonderfully done, new = board, refinished, restrung and chip tuned. I replaced the action parts and finished the tonal work. It’s every bit as nice as a new = production piano. The savings on = R&R should definitely be considered. Steinway’s = charges were about 14k. The project was = started 13 months ago.<o:p></o:p> <s= pan style="mso-spacerun: = yes"> <o:p></o:p> Lonnie = Young<o:p></o:p> <= span class=EmailStyle18><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> -----Original Message----- From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf = Of Richard Brekne Sent: Tuesday, December = 04, 2001 1:45 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: = replace/rebuild <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Well heck now Wim.... grin... if yas asks me I would have to say buy new... but not if = you dont have some kind of adequate climate control for them babies. = <o:p></o:p><= /p> Alternatively, if you could get = the school to commit to a recycling system where say 10 instruments are rotated out = of the system each year, replaced by new ones, then that would be my = recommendation. Problem with that kind of arrangement is that its really easy for a = school to decide suddenly one year that they dont have enough money. And then the = next year they think... well...hey... we survived last year well enough... = you get the picture. But if they would stick to that then i prefer that kind of solution. <o:p></o:p> Still, the opportunity to get 70 = fresh from the factory instruments sounds hard to resist....especially if they = would mix in a bunch of Hamburgs. <o:p></o:p><= /p> jmt RicB <o:p></o:p> Wimblees@aol.com wrote: = <o:p></o:p><= /p> The department = chair at UA has started looking into upgrading the pianos in the department, = perhaps even becoming a Steinway School. We have two options. Buy all new = Steinways, or rebuild the ones we have and buy new what is needed. <o:p></o:p><= /p> I need some advice from you guys with more experience in this area. We = currently have 3 D's One is 15 years old, one is 30 years old and the other is 40 years = old. The last one has been partially rebuilt, but not a good job. The 30 year = old also needs to be rebuilt. The 15 year old is OK. What is the consensus = of opinion on the two older ones? Would you recommend sending them to New = York to be rebuilt, or would you trade them in for new ones. Obviously money is = an object, but lets pretend it isn't. Just for practicality's sake, what = are your thoughts. = <o:p></o:p><= /p> We also have 8 B's, of which one is brand new, 2 are 15 years old, and 5 are 30 = years old. The 5 older ones are useable, but need work. Are the '70's pianos = worth rebuilding, or should they be replaced? <o:p></o:p> Wim</font= > Willem Blees University of Alabama<o:p></o:p><= /p>     <o:p></o:p> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <a href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</a> =  <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>