Our neighbors were offering a 1907 Steger & Sons upright for free. It certainly needed a lot of work. We had our piano instructor check it out, and ultimately we passed… He said that it may or may not have been reparable, but if it was, by the time we were done we could’ve (at least) paid for a used Yamaha in good condition (which is eventually what we did).
But, wow, that old upright was beautiful…
