rebuilding an old kimball

[mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net]

daniel: Way back when I first started learning piano technology I ran into a Kimball of about that age that had brass flanges that weren't available. Or was that a Chickering? You might check on that.
Gerald McCleskey
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: daniel carlton 
  To: pianotech mailing list 
  Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:02 PM
  Subject: rebuilding an old kimball


  hi list


  i'm looking into rebuilding an old kimball upright, ca 1905. it would be my first rebuild since my second year at NBSS. replacing hammers, dampers, felts, maybe springs, rebushing keys (farmed out), shimming and refinishing the SB, epoxying the bridge pins (no cracks to speak of, but just to be safe), reattaching any loose ribs, restring, and refinish the case. 


  i'd like to know even a ball park figure for what it might cost me to do so. maybe $1500 to $2000? from what i've read on the mailing list, i could sell it for anywhere from 4-8k.  


  i know i might get some "but why" answers. i just want to get my hands dirty, or my feet wet, or whatever.


  please be concise as possible in your answers. i appreciate any input.


  daniel carlton

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