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hi Barrie ...I think the playing mechanism is sound...it has a good tone and feel and only one or two keys have a return problem...it's just that it goes out of tune too quickly really, so in the first instance I need to work on that ...your post has got me thinking that I could do it myself ! and m...

oh hey thanks Barrie for all that information...it's hard to know what exactly needs doing on the piano; I will ask the tuner...shipping it to Poland could be a good compromise ; do you happen to have any addresses or tips for who /what/when/how...? I would very much like to renovate it but couldn't...

I have an Ernst Kaos, panzer system upright made in 1864 or 65....it was what I learned on as a child , but each the me I've had it tuned it doesn't last very long so I think it's time to renovate it....I have no idea of the cost or who might do this (I live in Lyon in France ) so any advice is real...