<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/25/01 12:28:35 AM Central Daylight Time, stephen_airy@yahoo.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I was wondering if you guys would discourage me
<BR>(whenever I am able to afford shipping them, or buying
<BR>my own pickup and driving the up to 12-hour drive (and
<BR>paying for the gas) to pick the pianos up) from buying
<BR>old dilapidated pianos on e-bay for the sake of
<BR>rebuilding them? I'm mainly thinking grands (cause in
<BR>the end they're worth more than uprights with maybe a
<BR>few exceptions but I don't know), but I'd also like
<BR>experience with some uprights, like M&H, Knabe, S&S,
<BR>Hallet & Davis, and other reputable brands of the
<BR>1870s to 1920s.
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<BR>If you want to spend your own time and money to buy a piano on e-bay, for the purpose of rebuilding and selling it, that's your decision. But it is not a good idea to tell a customer to buy a piano, unless they are prepared, ahead of time, to spend the maximum to rebuild the thing. Then, if all it needs is a tuning, they'll be happy.
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<BR>Wim </FONT></HTML>