soundboards

[Terry]

New D. Sell it for $90K. Buy an old one for $15K. Dump $40K into it and have
a better-than-new piano and $35K left over.

I have an idea you won't like that answer either.

Do you mean I would have to live with my selection for some decades to come?
Let's assume so. Would the old one be original condition? By chance was the
old D hermetically sealed in a climate-controlled box and never played for
the last hundred years (and maybe the soundboard blocked up so that the
panel didn't crush?)? Would I have my pick from 20 new Ds and 20 old Ds? If
not, I would take a new D for sure. If I had a choice among many, I would
look at all of them, but would be willing to bet that I'd pick a new one.

Age has this nasty habit of slowly destroying a piano. 100 years is way more
than enough time for age to destroy a piano.

Terry Farrell



> On 18-jan-05, at 21:26, Terry wrote:
>
> > Hundred year old Steinway for sure. Why pay $95K for a new one when
> > you can
> > buy one just as good for $15K?  I mean, either way, you are going to
> > want to
> > tear it apart anyway, right?
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> >
> >
> >> I have posed this question before :
> >>
> >> If you had the choice : you can get a brand new Steinway D and you can
> >> get a hundred year old Steinway D...
> >> What would be your choice?
> >>
> >> André Oorebeek
>
> No no Terry,
>
> let me try to be more clear :
>
> You don't have to pay anything and you have the choice between a new D
> and a hundred year old D.
> What's it gonna be?
>
> friendly greetings
> from
> André Oorebeek