Sounds like Beauty and the Beast. As nice as it looks, it is a major headache to work on, The action brackets alone are a source of aggravation. Price? Furniture value is going to sell it. I shutter just to think of trying to resurrect it. It would never be worth what one put into it. Did Conrad ever mention his Brambach. . . :-) Jon Page At 02:23 AM 10/03/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Dear List: > >Most amazing experience today; my partner dragged me off to appraise a >"Kronically Botched" (according to a friend of ours) 6' grand for a man who >wants to know its value so he can sell it. Wonders of all wonders, it was a >beautiful art case grand made of mahogany everywhere, including solid >mahogany legs, lyre, pedal rods, keybed (!), rim and posts! It has >beautiful white ivories. To top it off, it even sounds good. The pinblock >feels good and has torque readings of 55" to 70"lbs. > >This leaves me with some important questions: > >1. The action is original except for three jacks (a1, b7 and c8). It is >noisy and the touch is uneven. I have read in the PTG archives that some >have tried replacing the whippens with modified old-style Steinway whippens >and am wondering how that worked out? > >2. The sostenuto system looks like a great idea--there is a wooden rail >that runs behind the damper wires, a lever moves it toward the damper wire >flanges when the pedal is depressed and a piece of plastic? film? leather? >that is sandwiched between two parts of the wooden rail engages damper >spoons that are mounted on the back of the damperwire flanges. Does anyone >know what that material is and how difficult it would be to replace it? > >3. The soundboard has several minor cracks, but good crown, the long bridge >has minor cracks, the bass bridge is good. It will need restringing; the >bass strings are tubby and the wire and pins are quite rusty. The piano >needs refinishing. > Given all these considerations, can anyone suggest a reasonable price >for the seller to ask? > > Thanks in advance for your input! > Diane > > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >
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