List, This was just forwarded to me from our music office. Anyone want to take a crack at telling me what to say to her? If it needs a new "pinboard" :-), I have a hard time believing that that piano would fetch 2-$3,000. Am I correct? I'm also not familiar with this brand. I've heard the name but that's all! Thanks. Avery >I attended U of H as a graduate student in biology many years ago. I know >that U of H has a very fine music department and was hoping that you could >give me someone to email, talk to, etc. I have a Stuyvesant grand piano >S/N 21863 built about 1910. It needs a new pinboard, hammers, and strings. >There are no cracks in the soundboard. Is it worth restoring? The >technician said that I could probably get $2000-$3000 for it as is. It >would run about $6000-$7000 to restore. I read that pianos from the turn >of the century are a better quality than later years. All I know about >Stuyvesant is that it was bought by Aeolian after the depression. > >Thank you for any help you can give me.
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