<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> I just bought a 1912 Model O that needs the works although the ivory ketops are really nice.  I paid $5k from a couple getting a divorce who agreed to the price because they just needed to get rid of it.<div>I'm going to have Bernard Molberg do some of the restoration.  Will be my personal piano and finally my second teaching grand in my studio.</div><div><br></div><div>Steven Hopp</div><div>Midland, TX<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: rockymtn@skybeam.com<br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 12:54:53 -0600<br>Subject: [pianotech] 1922 M or new MH?<br><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"><style> .ExternalClass p.ecxMsoNormal, .ExternalClass li.ecxMsoNormal, .ExternalClass div.ecxMsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass span.ecxEmailStyle17 {font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';color:windowtext;} .ExternalClass .ecxMsoChpDefault {font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in;} .ExternalClass div.ecxWordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Hi All.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">My own personal piano is a gorgeous 1922 Steinway M.  The M is well respected but we all know it’s an entry level grand (I’m not even going to talk about the S because it’s not in the same class).  If it were an O or L there’s no way I’d consider selling it.  There is a local dealer/rebuilder that I’ve known for many years.   For just a little over what I’d sell my M for, I can get a new Mason Hamlin or a new Haesssler.    I liked both of them and they’re around 6 feet which is what I want.  There’s also a store that’s closing that has a rebuilt O that I was considering but it would be roughly 50% higher than the cost of the MH.  Also, does anyone have any strong opinions on the new composite action in some MH models (it wasn’t in the model I was considering though)?  BTW, one of the things that prompted me to change pianos is that I’m considering moving from Colorado (dry) to the Charlotte, NC area (wet).  I know it’s much worse on pianos to go from wet to dry climates but a change is a change.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Thanks guys,  Glenn.</p></div></div> </body> </html>