---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On zondag, feb 23, 2003, at 12:06 Europe/Amsterdam, Richard Brekne=20 wrote: > =A0> Question; why do more Steinway's get rebuilt than any other = piano?=A0=20 > Perhaps it's because they're so expensive that they can be looked on=20= > as an investment. And why aren't there more people re-building, and I=20= > mean soundboards and all; Yamaha's and Kawai's?=A0=A0 Because most = people=20 > would just go buy a new one?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I think Joe Garrett said = once=20 > something about the wood used in the rim made rebuilding one "less=20 > than desirable "=A0 Am I right?Just some musings. > > It's all a matter of economics. A Steinway will (almost) always be a=20 glorious Steinway if you do a glorious rebuilding job and...afterwards=20= will be much more valuable, whereas the 'others' who did not have the=20 same tonal qualities will also sound much better but will simply not=20 have the same value. A rebuilding job will then automatically be a=20 questionable issue or a compromise. Recently, we (Grand Piano) did a number of 'questionable' rebuilding=20 jobs : two were rather old (beginning 1900) Grotrian Steinweg=20 uprights, another one a beautiful concert upright with an (to most)=20 unknown name (VAN LIESHOUT). The owners did not want to spend ALL the money needed to get them in=20 perfect order but we made a compromise moneywise and were able to make=20= them beautiful nevertheless. The Grotrians are now much more valuable and will fetch a very good=20 price on the market, the VAN LIESHOUT will sell for much less although=20= it is actually a damned good piano. The customers will not sell their beautiful uprights though. They are=20 so happy with them. A. Oorebeek, The Netherlands see my website at : www.concertpianoservice.nl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1763 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/35/d0/a4/c3/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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