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[robman304]

I was looking in the Classifieds today for pianos and I found a woman who is giving away a piano. It's called a Christie piano, and she says it's very old-estimated late 1800's or early 1900's.

She said 4 hammers had come out of the piano-but she has them, and that it needs to be tuned. If this is the circumstance, about how much would it cost to get it fixed up? Also, please give me information about Christie pianos. Thanks.

[Det_Nosnip]

Dude....go for it. Worst case scenario: it sits in your room and looks pretty. Best case scenario: extreme vintage sound. :cool:

[Hells Bells]

:eek:
She's giving away a piano and all you have to do is fix it up a bit? What are you waiting for?? The repairs will probably end up costing you less than (1) getting a new piano, and (2) what that piano's actually worth since it's an antique.

[Ned]

It will also cost something to have it moved.

[NS_Joker]

do it!!

[pinkyeti]

Dude, pianos this old usually sound extremely bad. If it has been played intensively (a very realistic assumption) the sound will be very imprecise and irregular, plus all the different tones will melt into each and be practically indistinguishable. Also, the buttons (I don't really know what you call the white an black things in english, sorry) will either be too easily or too heavily pressable. Repairing it will cost almost as much as buying a new one. It won't pay off. If you plan on playing it, forget it. I got this information from my music teacher, I didn't make it up. And even if it had been played only moderately, it could have lasted only for 30 years.

But I might be wrong, and it might be really good. Otherwise, a piano looks great in any room, so if you are willing to pay the transport costs, do it.

And: just give it a try, you might be extremely lucky, in which case I expect you to tell us. Hope this helped.

[crazyguy832]

Tuning: around 80/CAN
Fixing: no clue whatsoever, but not more than a couple hundred

Total approximate cost: 250 CAN (200US or so... :P)

Good pianos are thousands...

[pinkyeti]

There would be more work needed than tuning if the piano is in the aforementioned state. The whole interior, which is basically what makes a piano, would have to be ripped out and replaced.