I wonder if anyone would ever supply a grand piano kit? I think it might be an interesting project to build a grand piano. (I think the plate, soundboard, and pinblock would have to be pre-done (piano builder drills tuning pin holes in pinblock), and the case, also, of course.) ----- Original message ----- From: "Dave Smith" <dsmith941@comcast.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:18:34 -0400 Subject: Re: Harpsichord kits Richard, I built a Zuckerman harpsichord from a kit many years ago. Took me several months of spare time. Didnt keep track of hours, but it was several hundred. If you plan to charge any reasonable shop rate for your time, it would make more sense for your customer to get one already built by Zuckerman company. Or get a prefessionally built one by a small builder. I recently traded in my Zuckerman for one built by Ted Robertson in Bloomington, Indiana. Beautiful instrument and better sounding than a Zuckerman by far. http://www.robertsonharpsichords.com/ Dave Smith SW FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Strang To: pianotech (E-mail) Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:28 PM Subject: Harpsichord kits Hi, list, Has anyone put together a harpsichord kit? A piano teacher has approached me on puttting together one. I don't think I want to do it. What do you think? Richard -- Stephen Airy stephenairy@fastmail.fm
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