Thank you, Ed. I will give him a heads-up and see what he has to say about that. PB On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:21 AM, Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> wrote: > Hi Paul, > I did say that the 1K per foot rule held for regular ebony pianos, and > that other considerations changed it, usually upwards. I don't think it > would be too much for a piano this old with questionable action fitting > thrown in. I may even have a likely candidate for a customer. If so, I will > call. > > As a basket case, $ 7,000 for a B would make a lot of sense for a > school that wanted to invest $ 30 K in a new board,action and finish. A > ready to go B for $ 37,000 would be a good investment. > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.piano-tuners.org/**edfoote/well_tempered_piano.**html<http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html> > > > -----Original Message----- > > I have a customer with a 1929 S&S (NY) B. It's been in a supper club for > many years, been rode hard and put up wet. Customer says the action is from > another B which was in even worse condition. This action is verdigris'd, > although I did very successfully use the brake parts cleaner trick on it. > > I suggested he should sell the 1929 model - because then he'd still have > a piano in the place! He wanted me to suggest an asking price. I declined, > but mentioned something I'd read here a few years back about a rebuilding > carcass going for ca $1000 per foot. I don't recall if that was before or > during the plantetary economic slump... does that rule of thumb still > apply? Or is it regional, like a better-playing instrument? > > > Thanks! > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130104/ba29d8f0/attachment.htm>
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