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Thanks, Bill.
That is very helpful. Much appreciated.
Alastair

Hi Bill and whoever else is on line, I'm pretty well advanced now with my restoration of the 1877 Lipp (tall upright). New strings and dampers etc hammers just reshaped (following your excellent advice, Bill), heaps of regulating and hours on the case (which is very much original). It is starting to...

Thanks, Bill.
That is helpful. Nice of you to reply so late at night.
Alastair

Hi, I'm in Auckland New Zealand. I've just bought a Richard Lipp piano identical with the one discussed here, but slightly older (1876 or 1877) and never modernized. My intention is to restore it. Here are a few of the items I'm thinking through. The case has a brittle ebony covering (about 2mm thin...