<HTML> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TT>Brian,</TT><TT></TT> <TT>The approved estimate includes  new case parts, new hammers and shanks, fabricating about 10 new wippens and jacks while restoring the remaining action parts. I'm replacing the two-piece pinblock, both blocks more complicated than usual, and rescaling the bass. Finish work only on the new parts. I may need to augment the original quote to include new bridge caps, but the customer was delighted by the chance of restoring the case to original, so...</TT><TT></TT> <TT>The board came out quite easily in about 30 minutes - I've had a lot of practice from junking uprights for materials to use in new instruments and I can usually get them out fairly intact  with cauls, hammers, chisels and a mix of hot water and acetic acid in a spray bottle. This one splintered in two places only, both easily repaired.</TT><TT></TT> <TT>This will be my first attempt at re-ribbing a piano; I will put shorter ribs in place of the fanned originals and then place additional ribs between them - so probably 10 in all. The idea is to warm the shop into replacing soundboards in-house. (BTW, re-ribbing with the board in place on a Chickering could be a nightmare with their style of bracing)</TT><TT></TT> <TT>I think the estimate came out around $4600, though I got accused of giving the new legs away (they, too, are practice for the 6 1840's Sheraton-style grand legs I'll be making this winter).</TT><TT></TT> <TT>I live in Greenville, N.H. - formerly Old Mason Village, birthplace of Jonas Chickering.</TT><TT></TT> <TT>Cheers,</TT><TT></TT> <TT>Clark Panaccione</TT> <TT> </TT> <TT> </TT> </BODY> </HTML>