Sounds like you're much more of a purist than I am regarding instruments. A year ago or more I read a New Yorker article about Erica someone-or-other who sells Steinways in NYC. Boy, are they expensive! At this point buying a piano (after buying and remodeling a house) is probably not going to happen. The risk of restringing is something I'll have to consider. Meanwhile, I'll take a page from Jim Henson's Fozzie dog in _The Muppet Movie_ : "I just love an out of tune piano!"

Maggie