> From: KiIgoreTrt@aol.com <Dave Fowler>
> Subject: Steinway Duo-Art System Replacement
>
> 1927 Steinway Duo-Art lacking all its player and reproducing components.

Dave raises an interesting consideration.    In the 30 some odd years
I've been involved in this fascinating avocation, I once acquired a
true junker  for the cost of shipping - a 1929 Weber Duo-Art 6' grand
with shattered legs and a case badly eaten by rodents while the piano
was sitting/stored in a grainary in Brattleboro, VT.    Fortunately,
the Duo-Art mechanism is complete and undamaged, which I removed down
to the last nut, bolt and screw.   The piano was not salvageable.

I've never been able to afford a Steinway Duo-Art, but have always
hoped I might one day find a gutted Steinway into which I might be able
to fit this mechanism.   In the judgement of our more experienced
rebuilders on-line, what is the probability of such wishful
thinking?   I still have the mechanism, untouched, patiently waiting
for this elusive dream, some 18 years now.        :-)

Should I continue with the dream, or relinquish the mechanism for the
needy, rather than keeping it in the hands of the greedy?

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Terry

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