<!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,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know that you would ever get your money back out of this thing or not.  But more importantly is the experience you would get from it, and the pride you would have in this project.  If nothing else you would have your first rebuilt piano to keep in your home and remind you of other times.  I don't know that I would pay someone to refinish it though.  That could cost you some big money.  A guy has to start with something, and this could be the something for you.  Good luck man.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn</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> Friday, April 18, 2008 11:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> rebuilding an old kimball</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>hey you guys</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks to all those who replied to my post, i received a lot of great feedback. definitely helps. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>daniel carlton</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>