Dave, A man after my own heart! :-D I used to have a partner in San Angelo who did all the refinishing. He was actually VERY good at it. But I saw enough/ helped enough to know that I never wanted to learn to refinish! More power to those who like it. Avery At 08:21 AM 4/26/2006, you wrote: >Phil: > >I have a 5'4" Cunningham that I got from a church. They turned down my >offer to haul it off for free, but accepted when I sweetened the deal by >$75.00. I restrung it and put on hammers and shanks and did my >first-and-last refinishing job on it. I had an apprentice working for >me that summer so it was a teaching project for him. The refinishing >was a teaching project for both of us and I learned that I never want to >do that again! > >dave > >David M. Porritt >dporritt at smu.edu >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On >Behalf Of Phil Bondi >Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:22 AM >To: Newtonville >Subject: Our own pianos > >Hi all. > >I am curious more than anything: what do you have for a piano in your >own home? > >Me? Charles Walter Console. I bought it when I was apartment dwelling, >and move it into my Coach Home. Now that I have room for a Grand, I have > >a 1863 Style2 that will be getting the full treatment..a real labor of >love for the foreseeable future. > >I also admit that I rarely play the piano in my own home, so owning an >antique that will be fully restored is a bit much..but I'm curious. > >-Phil Bondi(Fl)
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