Ivories/work on a Hazelton grand

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Greetings,
     
       As a rookie tuner, I cannot spring for a Pierce Piano Atlas just yet.  
A church has a 7' Hazelton grand. The serial is #26446. Would someone look up 
what year was this made? I saw on the internet that some of these Hazeltons 
are resorable and sought after, since they were a pretty good quality piano.

       The action & pedals' box needs about 30 hours of shop work to get the 
action into a playable condition. Soundboard is half toasted,  (not the best 
resonance) but when you play it, its decent.  I told them usually, only 
Steinways have soundboard replaced and it would not be worth it. So without having 
the board replaced, they'd  possibly prefer to fix it to playable at this time. 
Then I saw on the internet that some of these Hazeltons are restored.

        Also, the keytops are ivories and 19 of the head pieces are missing.  
I am thinking of totally replacing the keytops with plastic. Would this be a 
sacrelige? What does one do with the old ivories? Pack up the tusk and give it 
to them for future possible restoration, or sell to reclaim and give them 
credit? How does this work? The furniture on this piece is pretty banged up. 
Suggestions on what to do?

Thanx,
Julie Gottschall
Reading, PA

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