On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You said Brambach, right? Does your customer have any idea of what the > musical value of this instrument really is? > > Surely for any instrument to have "antique" value it needs to be a good > example of its type. Brambach pianos were not. > > Shouldn't it be something people are actually trying to acquire, as > opposed to trying to get rid of? And shouldn't it be at > least a little bit rare? Again, Brambach's are not. > > Refinishing this piano can only make it look somewhat better. <snip> -- ddf While I agree with everything said, there are exceptions to every generalization. Years ago I was called out to service a Steinway O which had recently been refinished. It turned out ot be a do-it-your- self job in which the owner had used a brush and a can of S-L-O-W drying black, oil-base paint. While all the fuzzballs and dust caught between the brush strokes did give the piano a distinctive appearance, it had to have looked better before the "refinishing". It HAD to! :) Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net
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