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| sat on a pin mary rose Forum Groupie  |
You should have reported the three-legged Baldwin to the ASPCP. Or the RSPCP if you're in the UK, or MWSPCP for your particular galaxy. These things make me sad.
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| Revenant Beatification Candidate  |
Do they make piano prosthetics?
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| Incognito Beatification Candidate  |
Actually they do. Good engineered transplant bits of all kinds. Pricey though. A nice leg can run upwards of $1000 for "modern" and as much as $3000 for something fancy. A nice music desk (just the prop portion) runs up to $1000, too, if it's nicely carved. I'd have had more in replacement parts than for the piano. I've contemplated installing an open-carved desk on the Chickering since I truly prefer the sound of the piano without the music desk at all, and it's a downright nuisance to read the music laying flat on the tuning pins. But I'm just too cheap. So one of these days I'll make my own, now that I have a woodshop.
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| Shut up and play your guitar! Minor Deity  |
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| Incognito Beatification Candidate |
Yep. I took note of that when it arrived. The Chickering probably wants an ostentatious one like the one on Derick's Bosey, though (  ). I don't care too much what they look like as long as they're not those modern style straight-sticks-making-boxes things. Mostly, it's the sound I'm after. If I get lazy, I have a friend with a CNC I could have match a pattern, which I have.Just curious, to what extent does the sheet music block the sound? I'm guessing not much if it's a few sheets, but more if it's booklet or book.
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| "The Veiled Male" Gadfly  |
The first piano of 2007, a Brinsmead: 
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Now that you have a woodshop CG? I would think that those cut outs could be done for a lot less than $1000! I had a tenant once who did wood scroll work. Wish I didn't hate him so, now!!! LL
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| sat on a pin mary rose Forum Groupie |
 "Resourceful tinkerer "Proximasolaris" has put together a piano mod that would make even some Samic owners a bit envious. Retrofitting a Korg Triton Extreme, hiding two monitors behind a motorized cabinet, and placing a slew of blue LEDs and other mechanics, he managed to put $3,000 worth of gadgetry into an old fashion [sic] vertical piano. While it is not the first modification we have seen like this, you should still ... bask in the glory of what's possible with a little extra loot and 250 solid man hours."
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| Incognito Beatification Candidate |
I assume those are some of his S&S rebuilds? I'll be much more interested in an Overs picture when it's his 278.
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| Beatification Candidate |
Yup... Here's a picture of his number 003 
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| "The Veiled Male" Gadfly |
And the "artist" actually SIGNED that abomination! Old man Henry's a-spinnin' in his grave!
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| Incognito Beatification Candidate |
For the record, that's No. 006 I ripped off for the image for "The Soundboard" above. Figure that if you're gonna steal, it should be something worthwhile. 
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| Incognito Beatification Candidate |
More "desolation" for Frycek: 
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