I like what Michael has suggested, maybe cutting back even harder. What I would do too is get some seedlings of some local apple trees, even crabapples, but on their own root (if you haven't got some already growing. Keep some of the younger wood from the tree as you prune it and have a go at grafting. Hopefully you will be able to make new trees of each of the varieties, just in case the main tree doesn't like the surgery. Hopefully it will recover and be better in the long run.
Here's one thread on grafting:
https://permies.com/t/44458/Grafting-Trees. It's probably a bit early to actually graft now (but a good time to prune while dormant perhaps) so you could stick the scionwood in the ground temporarily, or in the 'fridge (somewhere cool).
You might have enough apple wood from those branches to make something cool too. Even a wooden spoon would be a nice thing:
https://permies.com/wiki/126961/pep-woodworking/PEP-BB-roundwood-straw-lightspoon