Salvaged parts for presentation.

[Farrell]

I was assuming Jon would be posting the punch line soon.

Anon   ;-)

----- Original Message ----- 
>I don't get it Jon. For $200-300 you can get a brand new set. Seems like 
>the
> value added for a retail/wholesale sale would more than offset the cost. 
> Add
> the hassle of scrounging and splicing that many strings.
>
> Dean May
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I have an M in the shop on spec which needs retringing.
>
> I'd rather sell it wholesale but rebuilders aren't offering
> much more than I paid for it. So I'm considering a
> retail/wholesale which would be a low price to the public
> (but more than a rebuilder).  There's some bass strings
> missing and if someone is about to unstrung an M, maybe
> they could cut the wire at the coil so that I could splice them
> into this piano for presentation.
>
> Heck, if the strings aren't outright dead and don't respond to twisting,
> the piano could squeak by a few more years with just action work if
> that were the route the prospective buyer wanted to take.
>
> 8 string are needed: 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 32, 36, 38.  So if it gets
> restrung right away, I'd hate to have wasted the dough on new
> replacements since there are so many.  If the person with the
> strings will be in KC, I could get them then. I'd even buy you your
> favorite libation :-)
>
> Contact me privately if you are at that restringing juncture.
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
>