[pianotech] Old Upright Blues

[Terry Farrell]

On Jan 22, 2011, at 1:28 PM, John Formsma wrote:

> 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.

And hence, my PS.

> 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. :)

Theoretically, the actually exist. However, they may be as elusive as  
the Loch Ness Monster......  :-(

But the thing is that new S&S, Bechstein, Bluthner, et. al. uprights  
are bought by real people often enough that they keep building  
them......

Terry Farrell

> 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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