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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 511784, member: 360"]Pianos are VERY expensive. Even if you have all the pieces, this whole thing will need a COMPLETE overhaul. That would include replacing the strings, replacing the tuning-pins...hell, you might even need to replace entire PIN BLOCK. About all you can do with it would be to sell it to a dealer or repairer as a restoration project for them. To pay to get it fixed, for YOU to then RESELL IT YOURSELF, would be PROHIBITIVELY expensive. I wouldn't bother with it. Just sell it to someone for 'scrap' as it were, and let them try and fix it and sell it themselves. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it matters at all, Erard is a pretty well-known brand, so anybody who knows anything about pianos ought to jump at the chance to buy that thing if they have the smarts to restore it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just keep in mind that tuning a piano takes AGES. Constant tensioning and adjustment over several weeks or even months.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 511784, member: 360"]Pianos are VERY expensive. Even if you have all the pieces, this whole thing will need a COMPLETE overhaul. That would include replacing the strings, replacing the tuning-pins...hell, you might even need to replace entire PIN BLOCK. About all you can do with it would be to sell it to a dealer or repairer as a restoration project for them. To pay to get it fixed, for YOU to then RESELL IT YOURSELF, would be PROHIBITIVELY expensive. I wouldn't bother with it. Just sell it to someone for 'scrap' as it were, and let them try and fix it and sell it themselves. If it matters at all, Erard is a pretty well-known brand, so anybody who knows anything about pianos ought to jump at the chance to buy that thing if they have the smarts to restore it. Just keep in mind that tuning a piano takes AGES. Constant tensioning and adjustment over several weeks or even months.[/QUOTE]
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