Great, David! I would try to get this most playable without destroying any historical value where possible. This is a great find. Good luck! What if Beethoven himself played this? Wow! Can you find any history on this instrument? We would love to know. Paul From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com<mailto:David at piano.plus.com>> Reply-To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>> Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 3:32 PM To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Collard & Collard Well, I said to the client that I would have a think about his piano, and get opinions from you guys and gals, and let it percolate before getting back to him. My feeling is growing that it would be really nice to have it carefully restored but without needing new soundboard/bridges, by someone like Period Piano http://www.periodpiano.com/restoration.html I have emailed them to ask their opinion. The action is not much worn - the hammers could easily be filed without needing recovering. All the action centres are very stiff, but I tried Protek CLP on a couple and the effect was immediate. Interestingly there is no evidence at all of moth damage. Best regards, David. On 27/11/2012 21:12, pianotech-request at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-request at ptg.org> wrote: Back to the wonderful piano you have discovered; Are you encouraging the owner to have some rebuilding done to it? It's really quite a wonderful piano and it's potentials are still there, or at least it looks that way. Please do tell! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121127/5345cdb6/attachment.htm>
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