Thanks for all the really nice words guys!

1.) I don’t know if it is/ was one of those mega-dollar pianos. How do you tell? I’d like to research it now.

2.) Yes the piano did still okay when it left my care. All you had to do was lift the glass a little and you could tickle the ivory’s. ( Yes they were the original keys of ivory.  I heard later that the neighbor was thinking about taking the key action from just after the keys all the way to the felt hammers out and doing some of wall art thingie with them.

3.) Live the player piano idea. Might try and talk her into it as a “rebuild” project. 

Again guys, really appreciate all the good “reviews” and support. Wait till you guys feast your eyeballs on my hall table with the drop- down panel for concealing certain “tools” the client uses in his day job. He’s a ATF Agent! Gonna be cool if I can get it to work properly.