Patrick Greene wrote: > > Hello Ya'll, > > I have a customer who wants an old beat up upright that has "great > sentimental value" to be rebuilt. I am guessing that this would cost over > a thousand dollars just to put in a new pinblock and restring. Am I > guessing correctly? > > Patrcik > > Patrick, You're guess is correct but I would say about _$1500_ more, though, for an estimate. Putting in a new pin block is major surgery. Of course, you could save them a little by replacing _sections_ of pin block by routing out just the areas with tuning pin holes and epoxying in new material. But, still, you'd be talking $2K minimum (labor) and you haven't said anything about the condition of the soundboard. Or action. Or... The last person who had a similar request for me decided what they really wanted was to *refinish* the piano and then have me tune it and "fix a couple of notes." $3500 for the refinisher and $350 for technician. So, I always wonder what people mean by "rebuild." Tom -- Thomas A. Cole, RPT Santa Cruz, CA mailto:tcole@cruzio.com
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