"Who wants to buy a player and restore it themselves?"
Hal Davis wrote:

> A music teacher in the area, knowing of the quality of the Weber,
> will pay me $500 for it if I remove the player action.  I'd rather
> sell it with the player, which needs restoration, for $600, but
> who wants to buy a 1910 player piano and restore it themselves."

Well, there may not be very many, but I am one.  I just bought the
oak Stroud Duo-Art from David Smith with the intentions of restoring
it myself.  I want a nice collection and the only way I can obtain one
is to find unrestored instruments at a good price and restore them
myself.  I realize I'm an exception and I'm glad I have the knowledge
and talents to do the work myself.  I would like to obtain a nice
Ampico B grand (6+), Seeburg Nickelodeon, Band or Fairground Organ,
65/88 note push up, Reed Organ, ... Well, you get the picture.

Right now I have 5 players and one Duo-Art upright.  These are mine
and I'm in the process of restoring and selling all of them except the
Duo-Art.  With the money I would like to add to my DREAM collection
I just hope there are some good unrestored instruments around when
I get these instruments done.

Sam Harris - Greenville, North Carolina - sam@greenvillenc.com
Stroud Duo-Art Site -
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9374/stroud/stindex.html