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<TT>A customer shipped us a 1907 Chickering 121 Quarter Grand to rebuild
a few months ago - he hadn't seen it, and had no information on it, as
in ser#, model, condition. I don't know whether we'd given him a quote
on the job at that time (like maybe, "If it's a 123, I'm not too excited
about rebuilding it"). We set up the piano and gave him an estimate a few
weeks ago, including "unmodernizing" the case which has new, ugly legs,
lyre, and no mouldings.</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT>It had bearing in the high treble and bass, barely and nowhere else.
The soundboard which has 5 ribs total looked bad with the strings on, worse
with them off: a crack behind the bridge root starting at #59 at the first
break on the long bridge, both bridges unglued at their ends, and the board
unglued from the rim mostly along the spine but in a few other places as
well.</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT>The soundboard is now out and is visibly crowned the wrong way.
Ah, Chickering...</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT>Anyways, aside from learning about re-ribbing, I think it still
will prove a profitable job.</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT>Clark Panaccione</TT>
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