---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I think the weather in the East has done too much damage for a whole lot of upright restoration to be viable. In the past when asked to do a piano of questionable value I have actually made the client sign a form that states: Aunt Minnie's Star Grand current value -$150 Cost of rebuilding and refinishing Auntie's horrible Star Grand - $10,000 Value of priceless family heirloom after superlative rebuild job - $150 I then explain that they should think of the investment value of the project as being the rough equivalent of throwing $10,000 into the Atlantic Ocean. If after seeing this in print in their hand, they actually want to proceed then I feel I've done my duty and we can go ahead and I can sleep at night. Otherwise it's pretty sad to see the really horrible junkets suck up money that could otherwise go into restoring a nice piano. Although, I have a soft spot in my heart for the M&H, Ivories and Pond types that really were so wonderful. It's a pity that they just don't bring enough in the normal market to validate the repairs. Topperpiano ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c5/55/29/7a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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