Well, passed up a good-one yesterday. An estate sale here in Omaha
had an Aeolean Duo-Art baby grand in the paper. I went and looked at
it. They were asking $1800, but the highest bid was $1000. AND IT
WORKED! It was pedal-less, mahogany, and fairly well refinished. I
just don't have room for a Grand, baby or not. How hard should I be
kicking myself?
I'm sure it will cost a lot more than that to "fix" our Gulbransen. I
just noticed that the part I call a "harp" (cast-iron) has a crack through
the top middle bolt. I don't know if it happened during the move, or if
it was always there? It's not badly out of tune, so I suspect the crack
was there before. Any ideas? The movers put the piano on its side to
get through a door. Could that have done it? Is it ruined?
George
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