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Hi Colin, I can't believe my eyes what a clip! Anyway my big Ibach is sold for £200 less than I bought it so I'm satisfied that the education we have receive through learning its flaws and solutions has been well worth the experience. We are getting the girls a shiny black baby kawai but part of me ...

Don't worry we would loosen the strings completely lol we don't want the children cheese wired either! Actually the crack is not a crack at all - it's a join - all normal, problem is if we want to have the case restored we would have to move it :( it might go to the auction though as I have seen a b...

Oh my goodness I've had a look and yes I can see that there is a board underneath with crack! Also we can see a wonky pin or two. We have seen a baby grande sturne in a shop for 1200 and as it's smaller and in keeping with our front room, we thought we might (I'm sorry this will either make you laug...

Hi Colin thankyou for your reply, yes the crack is in the corner of the cast iron frame and it does not look as though it has ever moved , I have tried to upload the photo but I'm getting the message that the photo is too large and set at a certain vector that cannot be changed. I have been trying f...

Hi I have a Gust Adolph Ibach piano with a partial crack in the frame which needs restoring - does anyone know if it is worthwhile restoring as I am enchanted that we have something so old and unique but don't have thousands to spend as I'm just a mum of three lovely piano playing daughters and not ...