<HTML>In a message dated 6/17/2003 9:56:46 AM Eastern Daylig= ht Time, Wimblees@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It's going to cost about $1400 = to replace everything, including damper levers. So the question is, can she = buy another piano for that? She probably could, but if she has emotional att= achment to the piano, she might opt to have the work done. You might be able to persuade her to do the work if she has any notion of pa= ssing the piano on to her kids or grandchildren. You can explain that sooner= or later someone will have to spend the money, otherwise the piano will rem= ain useless. </BLOCKQUOTE> I did one of these many years ago. Try as I might I could not talk the owner= out of it. If memory serves, she wound up paying me something in excess of = $1200 to replace elbows, whippen flanges, jacks, damper flanges and levers, = as well as butt flanges. Lots and lots of work! She could have replaced the = piano with a used one of similar quality from the dealer I was working for a= t the time for about $800. Oh well! will w</HTML>