--- Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> wrote: > >1) has anyone ever experienced loss of crown as a > result of a minor > >dropping of a piano? This might sound like a silly > question, but that is > >what the technicians for the plaintiff are > claiming. Any thoughts? > > Not silly at all. This question comes up locally > every year or so from a > customer with a freshly moved piano. No, I don't see > any way that dropping > a piano short of destroying it would flatten the > board. How could it? Even > then, the remaining pieces of the soundboard would > have as much crown as > they did in the piano. I suspect that no tech had > ever actually checked the > crown prior to the move. If they had, they would > have most likely found the > same conditions you're seeing now. > > > > >2) what would you value a 30 year old Bosey > imperial at with a zero crown, > >0.5mm downbearing only on the front of the bridge, > beaten-up body, cracks in > >several ivory keys, and poor regulation and tuning > stability? Please > >indicate if you are using U$ or CAN dollars! > > > I have no idea, but considering the very small > market for 9'(+) pianos, I > would think it's not worth much. If it is eventually > sold cheap, Stephen > Airy is interested. > LOL. how about cheap as in -- (hold onto your keyboard....) < $10 incl shipping? (problem is I don't know if I have a place for it right now -- I think I do but my parents might disagree ;) BTW speaking of which -- what would you say I would expect to reasonably pay for any 9 foot grand that needs restoration short of pinblock/soundboard/bridge repair/replacement? I'm thinking badly out of regulation but so that at least 90% of the notes still play, and maybe a full step flat or more. > > Ron N __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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