<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Ed. I will give him a heads-up and see what he has to say about that. <div style>PB</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:21 AM, Ed Foote <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a440a@aol.com" target="_blank">a440a@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Paul,<br>
I did say that the 1K per foot rule held for regular ebony pianos, and that other considerations changed it, usually upwards. I don't think it would be too much for a piano this old with questionable action fitting thrown in. I may even have a likely candidate for a customer. If so, I will call.<br>
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As a basket case, $ 7,000 for a B would make a lot of sense for a school that wanted to invest $ 30 K in a new board,action and finish. A ready to go B for $ 37,000 would be a good investment.<br>
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Ed Foote RPT<br>
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I have a customer with a 1929 S&S (NY) B. It's been in a supper club for many years, been rode hard and put up wet. Customer says the action is from another B which was in even worse condition. This action is verdigris'd, although I did very successfully use the brake parts cleaner trick on it. <br>
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I suggested he should sell the 1929 model - because then he'd still have a piano in the place! He wanted me to suggest an asking price. I declined, but mentioned something I'd read here a few years back about a rebuilding carcass going for ca $1000 per foot. I don't recall if that was before or during the plantetary economic slump... does that rule of thumb still apply? Or is it regional, like a better-playing instrument?<br>
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Thanks!<br>
Paul Bruesch<br>
Stillwater, MN<br>
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