<HTML>In a message dated 5/14/0= 3 12:30:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, pdtek@mchsi.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yes it does, and just one i= s chipped. One of those pianos with brittle wire that break 1 or 2 every tun= ing. I would like to completely restring, regulate, shape hammers and rebush= keys. Need to get a ball park value. Satin ebony finish-good. No soundboard= cracks.</BLOCKQUOTE> Dave, Too bad about the wire.  The one I saw was in great shape.  I = don't remember many Japanese pianos that well, but this one really caught my= fancy.  I ended up selling it for around 8k out of that store, which w= as a really good deal for the customer, IMO.  It was black satin. &nbsp= ; I thought I'd seen it 5-6 years ago, but given a new set of facts that h= ad been heretofore covered up in the recesses of my aging brain, I think it = was more like 8-9 years.   My take on it is that if you're doing it for resale of the piano, the wo= rk you propose may not bear sufficient cash return.  If it's a pay job = for a customer, it could end up being rewarding for you AND the client. &nbs= p;There aren't many asian pianos I remember quite so well as that one. &nbsp= ;Struck a nice chord for me. Dave Stahl</HTML>