<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#d8d0c8"><FONT COLOR="#000040" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"><I>In a message dated 4/14/2002 9:55:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, sharpa@comcast.net writes:<BR>
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Rich wrote<BR>
If the church is upgrading, They should restore the A</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
>>>>>>>>> Rich I agree<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"><I> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></I>. What are the going to upgrade the piano to? <BR>
>>>>>>>>>>>.An electric keyboard?<BR>
A better new piano would cost 3 </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">times what a proper rebuild on the A would cost.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
>>>>>>>Rich In My (many) shop(s) if the piano got everything including a new key set the rebuild cost could be 25 to30k. So I'm curious 3 times that? = 75K? There are many Stwys in Rebuiltt condition out there in this price range (30 to 40K) and nicely restored.<BR>
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And the list of better pianos is very short.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">If they truly don't want the A, what's the asking price?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"><I> >>>>>>>>>>. Hey I,m first in line<BR>
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Dale Erwin <BR>
Piano Restorations</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></I><BR>
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A-Sharp Piano Rebuilding<BR>
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