Is it worth renovating an old, very damaged piano? (Małecki)
Thank you very much for all the answers to my previous inquiry on the same topic. Because I did not provide any further information in the previous question, and it is not possible to edit the inquiry, I have decided to ask again. This time with a more detailed description. The question remains the same: Do you think it is worth renovating an old, very damaged piano? The instrument in the photos is a piano produced by the Małecki factory (one of the few Polish piano factories). Serial number 3616, according to catalogs, indicates that it was manufactured in 1903. It has a length of 170cm and a fairly modern construction - a cross-string arrangement, a full cast-iron windowed frame, a cross-string arrangement, and an English-type mechanism. The piano has a walnut veneer casing with a large amount of brass and mother-of-pearl inlay. The technical condition of the piano is poor. Of course, its age of over 120 years takes its toll, but also, no one has taken care of the instrument recently. The following repairs need to be done: 1. Extensive casing renovation: dismantling the entire casing, gluing the entire body, carpentry repairs, repair and restoration of damaged brass inlays, sanding the old varnish coating, renovating brass fittings, lacquering, fitting, and reassembling the casing. 2. Extensive acoustics renovation: removing the stringing, removing the frame, repairing or replacing the wrestplank, repairing cracks, bleaching and varnishing the soundboard, removing the old varnish and re-lacquering the cast-iron frame, fitting the frame into the body, installing new stringing (bass and treble), new string felts, new tuning pins, multiple tightening and tuning. 3. Extensive mechanism renovation: replacing the hammers with a new set and shaping and intonating them, replacing damper felts, renewing damper figures, replacing loose axles, worn smaller felts, weak springs, full adjustment. 4. Extensive keyboard renovation: replacing the white key covers, renewing the black ones, replacing all key frame felt and key felts, cleaning and polishing the keyframe pins, full adjustment. Due to its poor condition, the piano is only suitable for a full renovation. It can be assumed that the approximate cost of a professional renovation could amount to around 40,000 - 50,000 PLN, and the duration of the work would be several months. Do you think it is worth renovating an old, very damaged piano? If you had such an instrument, would you decide to spend your own money on its renovation?
Thank you very much for all the answers to my previous inquiry on the same topic. Because I did not provide any further information in the previous question, and it is not possible to edit the inquiry, I have decided to ask again. This time with a more detailed description. The question remains the same: Do you think it is worth renovating an old, very damaged piano? The instrument in the photos is a piano produced by the Małecki factory (one of the few Polish piano factories). Serial number 3616, according to catalogs, indicates that it was manufactured in 1903. It has a length of 170cm and a fairly modern construction - a cross-string arrangement, a full cast-iron windowed frame, a cross-string arrangement, and an English-type mechanism. The piano has a walnut veneer casing with a large amount of brass and mother-of-pearl inlay. The technical condition of the piano is poor. Of course, its age of over 120 years takes its toll, but also, no one has taken care of the instrument recently. The following repairs need to be done: 1. Extensive casing renovation: dismantling the entire casing, gluing the entire body, carpentry repairs, repair and restoration of damaged brass inlays, sanding the old varnish coating, renovating brass fittings, lacquering, fitting, and reassembling the casing. 2. Extensive acoustics renovation: removing the stringing, removing the frame, repairing or replacing the wrestplank, repairing cracks, bleaching and varnishing the soundboard, removing the old varnish and re-lacquering the cast-iron frame, fitting the frame into the body, installing new stringing (bass and treble), new string felts, new tuning pins, multiple tightening and tuning. 3. Extensive mechanism renovation: replacing the hammers with a new set and shaping and intonating them, replacing damper felts, renewing damper figures, replacing loose axles, worn smaller felts, weak springs, full adjustment. 4. Extensive keyboard renovation: replacing the white key covers, renewing the black ones, replacing all key frame felt and key felts, cleaning and polishing the keyframe pins, full adjustment. Due to its poor condition, the piano is only suitable for a full renovation. It can be assumed that the approximate cost of a professional renovation could amount to around 40,000 - 50,000 PLN, and the duration of the work would be several months. Do you think it is worth renovating an old, very damaged piano? If you had such an instrument, would you decide to spend your own money on its renovation?
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