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<DIV>Hi Conrad!</DIV>
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<DIV>Our fledgling museum, Period Piano Center (<A
href="http://www.periodpianos.org">www.periodpianos.org</A>) has a similar
Chickering, #73340, with 13 missing shanks/flanges, music desk
intact! (mostly) This piano was donated by a colleague for the
museum to use or sell for fundraising; I'm still not sure what to do,
since it has the Brown action. It was refinished and restrung...but
action and back action is pretty much a mess still. </DIV>
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<DIV>Is the action completely intact and original on yours? (maybe
hammers were replaced) How about keytops - is the original ivory
in excellent shape, or loose and splitting (like ours), or
recovered with plastic (oh well)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Would the school consider a donation to a museum?</DIV>
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<DIV>I'd love to see whatever pictures you can share. Thanks!</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus.</DIV>
<DIV>Shull Piano Inc</DIV>
<DIV>Period Piano Center</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:bdshull@aol.com">bdshull@aol.com</A></DIV>
<DIV>cell 951 544-0121</DIV>
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<DIV> wiIn a message dated 10/27/2008 11:14:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
hoffsoco@luther.edu writes:</DIV>
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size=2>NO! Not ME!<BR>yet...<BR><BR><BR>antiquarians,<BR><BR>We've
finally made the move to leave the 19th century behind and<BR>retire 6' 4",
Brown action, Chickering #77710 (1889) from a practice<BR>room. Don't
worry, we didn't time warp too far - it's been replaced<BR>by a recently
renovated 1922 Krakauer 5' 8".<BR><BR>What to do...<BR><BR>Anybody desperately
seeking such a beastie? Definitely restorable, but<BR>missing original music
rack/shelf and a few chunks of veneer. The back<BR>posts would give me several
days of heat in my fireplace, and the legs<BR>could be yule logs, but I'd
prefer to see it be used musically for<BR>another 120 years.<BR><BR>pictures
available, transportation is not.<BR>reasonable offers accepted.<BR><BR>--
<BR>Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT<BR>Luther College<BR>Decorah,
IA<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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