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by sunmiguel
28 Feb 2011, 23:59
Forum: Piano Advice
Topic: Restoring or selling Steinway S-155
Replies: 21
Views: 24210

Re: Restoring or selling Steinway S-155

Ok , neat ...my wife and I just did a romantic piano tech study while reading your comments together, trying to understand things from an german-american-layman's point of view. So we figured out most of it, my only questions (of course if anybody else has some thoughts, go ahead...) why not have th...
by sunmiguel
28 Feb 2011, 22:17
Forum: Piano Advice
Topic: Restoring or selling Steinway S-155
Replies: 21
Views: 24210

Re: Restoring or selling Steinway S-155

Wow, that is some wonderful information you're giving me there. I feel good about my decision to keep the piano and will try my best to restore it in a way that is good for the piano and somehow bearable for my wallet. I do have a couple of questions about what some of you posted, but i just got bac...
by sunmiguel
27 Feb 2011, 12:14
Forum: Piano Advice
Topic: Restoring or selling Steinway S-155
Replies: 21
Views: 24210

Re: Restoring or selling Steinway S-155

Thank you to everybody for their input! Looks like y'all are supporting a restoration, unfortunately I will have to do it step by step. I see it like this now, the value keeping aspect is important to me and I do like the sound of my Steinway to begin with, especially when it was freshly tuned and v...
by sunmiguel
26 Feb 2011, 17:07
Forum: Piano Advice
Topic: Restoring or selling Steinway S-155
Replies: 21
Views: 24210

Restoring or selling Steinway S-155

Hi there, I bought a 1959 New York Steinway model S-155 (walnut) last year through pianomart.com and had it shipped overseas. Before buying the piano I had a technician from the piano technicians guilt check it out, but on arrival the condition was not the way he had described it to me. The action w...