The Babe Ruth piano story hits close to home.  About a month ago
a large piano warehouse had a disastrous fire.  I have been offered
anything left, gratis.  So have others.

Yesterday, I went over and looked through all the plates: a Baldwin
9-footer, several Bechstein and Steinway 7-plus-footers, and so forth.
Just build a piano around one is all that is needed.

So far no one has taken so much as a bracket.  I think I need a pedal
shift lever for my new 9-footer en route, so once I measure it I'll go
see what's lying around!  I noticed some plates were cracked from the
heat, so possibly even if one was willing it would be a risk that the
plate would hold together.

Don Winter