<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Arial"> <blockquote type="cite">Perhaps. But one has to differentiate between musically worthy and financially worthy. Many pianos - especially many of the high-end old uprights are very much musically worthy of complete restoration/remanufacture, but very few folks that are willing to pay the $$. Sad but true. <div><br> </div> <div>Terry Farrell</div> <br> <div>On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:51 AM, David Nereson wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> I would think a straight-strung 100-yr-old Bechstein would be an antique worthy of complete restoration.<br> --David Nereson, RPT  <br> </blockquote> <br> Yes, exactly!<br> <br> David.<br> </font> </body> </html>