<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Interesting tidbits from </FONT><A href="http://www.thepianoworld.com"><FONT face=Arial>www.thepianoworld.com</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>"....a St. Louis Piano Manufacturing Company Square Grand piano......It has just had a $10,000 restoration performed on = it......ones like this one are going up, up, up in value.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: = yes">  </SPAN>One piano sales manager said these instruments will be worth well = into 6 digits in value within 10 years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: = yes">...</SPAN>they are now often selling in the $50,000 neighborhood if they can be found."</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>They are asking $29,990. Amazing!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>-----</FONT> Original = Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Scott Jackson" <</FONT><A href="mailto:ScottWayneJackson@hotmail.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>ScottWayneJackson@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:11 = AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: Restoring = crown</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> Alan,<BR>> There are people who recrown soundboards. = There are people who say it can't be done. There are people who say that you can = try, but it's not worth it, or that it's not permanent. Probably the most vocal = proponent is D.L. Bullock at </FONT><A href="http://www.thepianoworld.com"><FONT = face=Arial size=2>www.thepianoworld.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2> who says:<BR>SNIP</FONT></BODY></HTML>