<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG>Terry, Wim, Sir Newton, and Roger:</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Thanks.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>This person wants to put some money into this piano because:</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>She loves the size..it fits in her living = room.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>She likes the idea of bringing something back to life.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>She trusts my opinion.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>I told her to do a complete restoration, she's looking at = spending more than what the piano will ever be worth..that got the ball rolling = as far as what to do. Re-capping the bridge was something that I thought might enhance this little devil. </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Your opinions matter, and I have decided that re-capping in = this case is not necessary. </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>I agree that re-surfacing and re-pinning the bridge(there's = very little falseness going on now) is the right approach in this instance.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Now let's see which 'road' she follows(my recommendations = are based on 'must do', 'should do', and 'could do'). Something tells me the = perennial 'path of least resistance' will be followed.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Phil</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV></BODY></HTML>