[pianotech] Old Upright Blues

[Terry Farrell]

I'll throw in an argument against that statement. If you consider  
quality - and higher quality commands a higher price tag (at least in  
theory....) - you should be able to remanufacture that upright (or at  
least many originally high quality uprights) into a piano that is  
higher quality than any other upright being manufactured today. Top  
quality (?) uprights today go for what - $20K, $25K - somewhere in  
that range.

Give me $25K and a hunk of good upright rebuilding stock and I can  
build an upright of better quality than anything you can find in a new  
piano showroom anywhere today.

So there!  ;-)

Terry Farrell

PS: I do agree however that one can find "good" quality new uprights  
today for as little as $5K or $6K, and yes, if one were doing a basic,  
traditional rebuild, it would easily cost twice that amount. I guess  
my comment targets only those pianists that are looking for the  
ultimate high-end upright.

On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:49 PM, John Formsma wrote:

> SNIP  ....... they could get two new uprights for what it would cost  
> to fully rebuild one old one.
> JF