"New" old uprights

[Paul]

Jim
I do about one old upright a year for various reasons, but the biggest is
sentiment. The customer is always pleased and surprised how great and full
the sound is and how nice they feel. Many appraisals for
reconditioning/rebuilding die in the file drawer because there is no
attachment to the piano. They can't grasp what it will sound and feel like.

Paul Chick
>
Ron wrote:
>   ...  I have
> done several comlpete 'rebuilds' on older uprights for persons who had
> various reasons for having it done.  Each of these turned out
magnificently
> and surprised even me as to the quality of tone and and and appearance.
:-)
> These were high dollar 'rebuilds' comparable to a 'rebuild' on a grand.
To
> an item each of these 'rebuilt' instruments were better than the price one
> could set on them for a dealers floor with expectations of selling them.
> With some of the new manufacture uprights, whatever the manufacture calls
> them, running in the 10-14 thousand dollar range it would seem to me that
the
> time for more 'reasonable' expectations of 'rebuilding' old uprights is
> coming soon to an area near you.....or is that just wishful thinking?
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>