[pianotech] Old Upright Blues

[John Formsma]

Yeah, shoulda clarified that statement. I was thinking about what would fit
the majority consumer: Yamaha and Kawai uprights, and Korean brands a bit
cheaper.

Are those pianists who are "looking for the ultimate high-end upright"
merely theoretical, or do they actually exist? I've heered of sech, but
ain't never seen none 'round heah. :)

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JF

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote:

> 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
>
>
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