I have been away for a while and things have changed.
My Wife and I celebrated our 20th and got away for a few days…Nice.
I was checking craigslist and found a baby grand piano for sale cheap. My wife has always wanted one but we have never been able to afford one. This one was for sale for $150. The owner started to restore it and found that it was way more than he could do and the quote to restore it was about $10,000.00 so he sold it to me.
I picked it up and started to work on it this weekend. I started by taking pictures and am thinking of bloging the whole process. It is a little intimidating but exciting.
I counitue to make some progress on the shop and hope to pick up more building supplies soon.
-- Hope Never fails
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MsDebbieP
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posted 905 days ago
oh my this is going to be interesting!!!
$150… makes me wonder what condition it is in.. yikes!
We have an old piano (the one that I used when I was young)... something is broken in the frame or something.. some keys don’t work.. but I just can’t part with it. Memories.. and you can still tinkle out some tunes that are almost recognizable lol
I’m looking forward to following the progress
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Mario
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posted 905 days ago
The plate is good and the soundboard has a crack that is easily repairible. The previous owner could not aford the cost of restoration.
I want to make sure that I do not divert too much money into the piano and not enough into the shop project.
-- Hope Never fails
oscorner
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posted 905 days ago
So you’re going to restore a baby grand and build a shop, you say? I will be anxiously awaiting the progess of both.
By the way, congratulations on the 20th anniversary! We celebrated ours last year.
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mot
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posted 904 days ago
This will be a great blog to read…just remember though, at LJ if there aren’t pictures, it never happened.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
cheller
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posted 904 days ago
Congrats on both the anniversary and the piano. You should definitely blog the progress on the restoration.
-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com
Mario
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posted 904 days ago
My wife took some pictures this weekend so I will try to post something tomorrow. The piano will take some time as my first priority will be to get the shop closed in before winter.
I only need 54 sheets of OSB!!
-- Hope Never fails
WayneC
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posted 904 days ago
Looking forward to see how it goes. Congratulations.
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Bob Babcock
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posted 904 days ago
Wow…heavy undertaking….good luck.
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