<html> Hi Ron,               Agree with you completely,  give the customer as much complete information as possible.   Once they hear all the facts, and realities, it's their call. The joy you see from resurrecting Grama's old Upright Grand,  to a particular family, is more than worth the effort. There is a growing market for nostalgia rebuilds/refubishing, so it is just practical business sense, to learn how to efficently do  these jobs profitably.   The skill levels attained from doing this work, spills over in many other areas of the craft. An example: All verticals we modify and install triple damper systems, to drastically reduce the damper over ring from the golden oldies. Early jobs, we eat a lot of labour, today it is very profitable, because we have developed a system to reach our goals. Regards Roger >If the customer has the money to spend, and if they wish to spend it on this >piano, and if the piano is salvageable, and if they will allow modifications as >necessary, they can easily end up with a far better piano than they ever >dreamed was possible - and it still looks like the old ancestral beater and >picture shelf. I like it a lot when I can serve both the nostalgic and the >performance needs of a customer. > >Ron N > </html>