>Anne Beetem wrote: > >> Alright, now we getting somewhere. Sounds like 1880-1890 vintage. I've >> seen this action family fairly often. I say family as they differ slightly >> maker to maker, model to model. She does have a somewhat interesting >> instrument, though it was a low end model and therefore not of significant >> furniture or historical value. For appraisal purposes, again, the old >> replacement value algorithm should work just fine. I.E. what would it cost >> to find a similar instrument and then costs to bring it to the current >> condition. You know what the repairs costs and know the original >> condition. It probably wasn't worth more than $1-$3K before you worked on >> it,hmm? >> >> Best. Anne >> >> Anne Beetem > >----------------------- > >Anne, > >Well, I just finished its "fine regulation" Friday evening. I must say it >plays and sounds somewhat less bad that I expected >it to. The sound is certainly a bit different. We've not done any voicing >to what is left of the hammers -- original, I >think, and fairly badly worn -- and I'm not sure what can be done with >them. We'll try that on Monday. The scale breaks are >not as bad as I've heard on many other small grands. How much the revised >stringing scale and the new soundboard have to do >with that, I don't really know. It wasn't possible to get a real reading >on its original performance when it came in. (I >rather assumed that it had essentially no "furniture or historical" value, >so I didn't feel it necessary to adhere strictly >to its original design. We did what we had to do to get the piano up and >running again.) If there is a down side to the >single row of bridge pins through the two lower sections (with their >wrapped strings) I can't hear it. Of course, with the >strings as short as they are down there, I can't hear much of value anyway. > >It's been interesting.... > >Thanks > >Del Anne Beetem Harpsichords & Historic Pianos 2070 Bingham Ct. Reston, VA 20191 abeetem@wizard.net
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