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Good morning
i have an Ernest Kaps Dresden grand piano in black with serial no. 8964; from a search carried out, it appears that the piano was manufactured between 1883 and 1884. I wanted to know if anyone knows what its value might be, considering that there is woodworm on some of the hammers in one part of the piano.
Thank you
Cristiano
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It is difficult to assign a value to such an old instrument. 85 notes mark an era. Its condition—that of the soundboard, the strings, the hammers, etc.—and, above all, the tension of the soundboard, determine the quality of the sound and more. If the sound quality is good, it is worth undertaking a restoration, taking care to use hammers and other materials perfectly suited to that instrument. The old hammer rail should never be thrown away, but returned to the owner, still mounted on the old shanks.
It is evident that without undergoing a restoration intervention, the instrument's value is close to being very low. Before restoration, naturally, some reservations must be resolved (checking for soundboard cracks, frame breaks, string hitch pin stability, etc...
