I want to add my two cents.  Several years ago, before the public money
crisis in California, I was contacted and nearly had a contract to
rebuild the old barrel piano in the Will Rogers museum in California.
The curator thought she had the funds tucked away for the job, I was
the "pick" for the job, I had insurance, I am also a military vet,
so I had preference...

Anyway, the job never happened, so the barrel piano is most likely
still rotting in that storage room where it was when she talked with
me.  There were several faxes back and forth and the restoration seemed
on track, then the Governator of California announced the money crisis
and the funds vanished into thin air.  If anybody on this forum restored
that piano, let us know, or is it still rotting in that back room?

Dan Armstrong - Armstrong Piano Tuning & Repair
Pine River, Minnesota