Old reconditioned piano

[cdzamfir]

I am about to see an upright 50" August Forster made in 1931 and 2 Petrof 53" made in 1936-1937. All 3 pianos were fully reconditioned in 2010 by a qualified piano technician. What are your thoughts about these >70 year old pianos? How long do you think they could last? The pictures look amazing and the technician offers 15 years warranty. Thank you for your input.

[pianolive]

Reconditioning in the piano business can mean anything from a real recond down to a vacuum cleaning and tuning, so tell us what has been done on the pianos.
In those days Förster made very fine high class instruments and they do that now too after the Wall went down. From the brand names only I would prefer the Förster piano. They are among the kind of instruments you can rebuild for your grand children 
If the recond or rather rebuilding is well done you will have a piano for decades.

[cdzamfir]

I don't know what was done on those pianos, I will ask when I go to see them. You could have a look at the links, maybe people with more experience can comment.
https://tornpiano.com/products/?page_id=129
https://tornpiano.com/products/?page_id=741

[keys60]

Those pianos look to be restrung, pinned, hammers, brass polished. plate repainted......I could guess more. Definitely  worth looking into. Ask if the flange bushing have been replaced and repinned, dampers, backchecks, key bushings. I could go on, but its very early and I'm not quite awake yet.  Nice pianos.

[pianolive]

They look nice! Those were the years when great pianos were made. Still I would go for the Förster. It also has a better action, but try them out and see and hear what you like.
The seller can tell you in detail what they did to the pianos.

[pianolive]

Just found this info on recond.
You should take with you a tech you trust to check the pianos.
https://www.tornpiano.com/reconditioning.html

[cdzamfir]

The seller is a piano technician. He used to be the chief technician at a music store in Vancouver. He was described to me as a "genius" by one of his coworkers when I visited that store to see what's new. I will give you an update after seeing the pianos. I really hope that I will upgrade from a digital to a real piano in the next few days. Thanks for your feedback.

[pianolive]

I was not talking about the seller and I have no reasons to doubt his skills.
When reading what he means by reconding the piano I understand that no repair is actually being done and on pianos that old it was a big surprise to see that not even the tuning pins were changed.
The fact that no repairs were made is the reason I thought you should bring your own or another piano tech. But the pianos do look great!

[silverwoodpianos]

The seller is a piano technician. He used to be the chief technician at a music store in Vancouver.

Yonatan Torn did work at the Tom Lee outlet here in downtown Vancouver. However, Bob Burke is the long time head or chief technician at Tom Lee.