<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 = Transitional//EN"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=890193919-08081999>Hi Brian,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=890193919-08081999>Thanks for the reply.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=890193919-08081999>You asked:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New = Roman"></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=890193919-08081999><FONT = color=#0000ff face=Arial> << </FONT></SPAN>How far do you want to = go with it?  New block, I know, but anything else?  New board?  = New bridges? Any new action parts?  Key recovery?  = Refinish?<FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999> >></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN = class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>= <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999>New pinblock, strings, keytops, hammers, and dampers.  It needs to be refinished because of the nasty white = color someone painted it.  I'm not sure about = the original color, but a different one than it currently has would be better. :-)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999>I'd have to check the action to see = whether it should be replaced.  At this point, I was considering only = replacing the hammers, and cleaning/regulating the = action.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999>The bridges are in good shape, as = is the soundboard.  There are some false beats due to loose bridge pins = which epoxy could fix--not much to that.  = (I</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN = class=890193919-08081999>'d replace the bridge pins regardless.) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999>I had thought about re-scaling as well.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999>Thanks for your = input.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=890193919-08081999>John = Formsma</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>