Interesting thoughts. Though I have not had a technician come and review the piano, I would assume a rebuild would include upgrading old technology with advancements made in the industry since 1922. Furthermore the work performed on the case on other parts could also be fixed by a highly qualified person. In the end, with these improvements the piano should be of a high quality and have another life in it. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote: From: Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> Subject: The Knabe To: lmha60 at yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 10:11 AM Knabes have great soundboards that usually last a long time, seldom crack and are very "vibrant". But one with this many cracks indicates seriously bad climates that the piano was in, in the past, so I'd advise getting it replaced. Or starting with another piano. ( Better idea. It probably has other glue-joint problems. ) A serious problem with 1920's Knabes are the bridges, though . The capping material was often oriented incorrectly, causing many cracks. So, even if you findone witha perfect board, the bridges might be a real mess 1 I certainly hope you weren't lanning to spend $10,-$12,000 on this, "as-is"! It's onlya $500 piano, from your description. Where are you? I know many dealers all over the country, and also have several superb, rebuildable pianos for sale Euphonious Thumpe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090113/4a18d536/attachment.html>
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