<HTML>In a message dated 11/9/02 7:38:45 PM Central Standard Time, joegarrett@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I acquired the piano for "cheap" and immediately took it apart, (completely). The keytops were replaced. The case was refinished. The dampers were replaced. The strings were cleaned and lubed with LPS-1, as were the casters.  </BLOCKQUOTE> Joe If you had to replace the damper felts, didn't you also have to replace the hammers, and maybe even all the action parts? Even if you didn't, I have three questions. How much would it have cost for you to do this work for a customer? Did you put the piano back in the condition it was in before the fire and water damage? Would you, in all honesty, and with complete confidence, have sold this piano to a customer? The work you describe sounds like about $3000, not counting what you paid for it. Was the piano worth that much after you got done with it? Since the piano belongs to your daughter, are you anticipating doing any more work later on? Would you have told a customer what the piano had gone through, and would you have gotten your money's worth? Wim </HTML>