<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=520360601-12051999>I have = a friend who has a 1904 nine foot Chickering grand. She might be interested in = selling it to someone who does rebuilding. I have no real idea of the market for = that piano, so I told her that I'd ask the list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=520360601-12051999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=520360601-12051999>I = think that it has been restrung. The pin block has been doped and has oversize pins. I = don't know if the action has been worked on before. The case looked to be in good = shape although there is a faded spot on the lid from the sunlight. (I couldn't = see most of the piano because it was covered up by music and other stuff :-) = ) That's about all I know since I have not tuned it for her yet.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=520360601-12051999></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=520360601-12051999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=520360601-12051999>So, = how about it, rebuilding guys? Any ideas of its value and desirability to rebuilders?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=520360601-12051999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=520360601-12051999>Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Formsma</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>