And, Del, you'd end up with the luckiest Brambach on earth! <grin> If you've read Larry Niven, that piano would have had the luck of Teela Brown. Susan On 11/11/2010 10:41 PM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > Were I a little younger and a little less busy I would snap that up in a > heartbeat. Then I would redesign and remanufacture the thing with a new > board, bridges, action--the whole thing. Everything I could think of. Then > I'd keep it as a demo. > > When you do all of these things on a Steinway or a Baldwin and the results > turn out better than the original folks look at it and play it, nod, and > say, "Well, of course it sounds good; after all it's a Steinway or a > Baldwin." When you do these things to a Brambach they are kind of forced to > give you at least a little bit of credit for knowing what you are doing. > > ddf > > Delwin D Fandrich > Piano Design& Fabrication > 620 South Tower Avenue > Centralia, Washington 98531 USA > del at fandrichpiano.com > ddfandrich at gmail.com > Phone 360.736.7563 > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of Jim Moy > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:16 PM > To: Pianotech List > Subject: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild? > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm looking at this 5'8" 1925 Brambach as an educational rebuild. > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/moypiano/BrambachCandidate?authkey=Gv1sRgCMTcpY- > hhuaqXw# > > Not looking to get any money out of it on resale (ok, maybe parts costs?), > just more experience on rebuilding. Asking price is $500. Or maybe if it > turns out nicer than my personal Chickering, I'll just keep it. > > Thoughts? If you have a Google account, you can comment on the individual > photos in a blog-style area under each one if you click on them first to > enlarge. > > Jim > > >
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