<HTML>In a message dated 7/3/02 6:11:56 PM Central Daylight Time, dmckech@ithaca.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">How many times can a piano be rebuilt and still produce the same or similar quality as new? </BLOCKQUOTE> Are pianos like copies? The first copy is fine, but subsequent copies become worse and worse. Are pianos like that too? Do they loose a little everytime it is rebuilt? Wim </HTML>