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Otto 57

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Steve Craw, are you the "Happy Piano Tuner" that used to be in NYC recording studios all the time?
 
Steve Craw

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Not me, I'm afraid. I started my career on the west coast, before coming to the Rochester, NY area back in 1977.
 
becks bolero

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WOW!!

yes, absolutely gorgeous piece of musical instrument

glad it is getting restored, and didn't end up in a landfill etc

thx for posting!
 
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Steve Craw said:
I love this view. Refinished fallboard and a new/old set of beautiful ivories.
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Wow!
 
Steve Craw

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Since my last update, I've acquired the proper music rack, completed the finishing of the lid, installed a set of recycled ivories , stripped and refi
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nished the body. The legs and lyre are next. Restringing set for spring.
 
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J T

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:3zone

Wow it looks great!

Nice work.

Congratulations, It's beautiful.

(now you have to tune it)
 
Steve Craw

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J T said:
:3zone

Wow it looks great!

Nice work.

Congratulations, It's beautiful.

(now you have to tune it)
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Thanks! Tuning is the easy part, as it's been my profession for over fourty years.
 
fakejake

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Really cool, great work!
But does it pay to restore a piano in such a laborous way? Is this a collectible, high quality instrument lika a vintage Gibson?
 
Steve Craw

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In today's piano market, where there isn't as much interest in piano as a few years ago. I still restore pianos for their owners, which can run $10,000 plus, but mostly you restore a piano because the owner wants to give their piano another lifetime of use.

The Weber that I'm restoring is a prime brand in it's day, so worth the effort. I paid $250.oo for it plus $235.00 to move it. I expect to have less than $2K total invested by the end.

I have no intentions to sell , but I've seen these sell for $30 to 45K, so I think worth the effort.
 
fakejake

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Steve Craw said:
In today's piano market, where there isn't as much interest in piano as a few years ago. I still restore pianos for their owners, which can run $10,000 plus, but mostly you restore a piano because the owner wants to give their piano another lifetime of use.

The Weber that I'm restoring is a prime brand in it's day, so worth the effort. I paid $250.oo for it plus $235.00 to move it. I expect to have less than $2K total invested by the end.

I have no intentions to sell , but I've seen these sell for $30 to 45K, so I think worth the effort.
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Awesome :salude
 
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Another one of my threads where the pics vanished. Why is this happening?
 
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