<!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 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>daniel: Way back when I first started learning piano technology I ran into a Kimball of about that age that had brass flanges that weren't available. Or was that a Chickering? You might check on that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerald McCleskey</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=hacicspe@gmail.com href="mailto:hacicspe@gmail.com">daniel carlton</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech mailing list</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> rebuilding an old kimball</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>hi list <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>i'm looking into rebuilding an old kimball upright, ca 1905. it would be my first rebuild since my second year at NBSS. replacing hammers, dampers, felts, maybe springs, rebushing keys (farmed out), shimming and refinishing the SB, epoxying the bridge pins (no cracks to speak of, but just to be safe), reattaching any loose ribs, restring, and refinish the case. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>i'd like to know even a ball park figure for what it might cost me to do so. maybe $1500 to $2000? from what i've read on the mailing list, i could sell it for anywhere from 4-8k.  </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>i know i might get some "but why" answers. i just want to get my hands dirty, or my feet wet, or whatever.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>please be concise as possible in your answers. i appreciate any input.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>daniel carlton</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>