Question for Larry and Lufin
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wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 03:00 last edited by
My teacher taught me on a Baldwin grand that size and that age. I loved that piano.
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Good to know. Not sure it’s a 5.5 but it was a guess. Yes, the sentimental value is really all I care about, I’d have ZERO interest in ever re-selling it, but I’d also hope it could be restored so it sounds terrific as it wouldn’t just be a piece of furniture to walk by.
wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 05:34 last edited by Jolly@89th said in Question for Larry and Lufin:
Good to know. Not sure it’s a 5.5 but it was a guess. Yes, the sentimental value is really all I care about, I’d have ZERO interest in ever re-selling it, but I’d also hope it could be restored so it sounds terrific as it wouldn’t just be a piece of furniture to walk by.
It's most likely a 5'6" . Most likely a Model H. Scale is going to be very similar to a R.
Lindeblad in New Jersey has a recently rebuilt one they are asking $30k for. I don't think it is worth that.
Here's what I do know...If you rebuild it, you do so for sentimental reasons, because you ain't getting your money back out of it. That's the bad news.
The good news is that you have something, that if you want to throw the money into it, could produce a pretty decent piano. Give Rich a call at Cunningham's and just ask what a rebuild would cost.
You can use who you want, but if you're going to spend the money and expect a quality result, you need a good shop...And that ain't cheap.