I do concur. Unless of course you lower your standards or perhaps better said, shoot for a limited improvement. Otherwise working on uprights in general is rarely cost effective. Chris Solliday ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] vertical hammers > Leslie, > > This is probably a bit late (only working 2 - 10s this summer) but for what > it's worth: I think it is an exceedingly bad idea (a false economy) to put > new hammers on 100 year old shanks. The butt buckskin and underfelt will > need replacing, all springs will need replacing. It goes on and on. One > hundred year old action parts all need to be replaced. Period. Sounds a bit > dogmatic, I admit, but I would not do that job unless the client agreed to > complete part replacement. It's actually cheaper to replace a set of wips > (or butts or dampers) than recondition a set, unless of course you work for > minimum wage. > > Just MHO. > > Alan > > > -- Alan McCoy, RPT > Eastern Washington University > amccoy@mail.ewu.edu > 509-359-4627 > > > > From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net> > > Reply-To: <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians > > <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > > Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:55:11 -0500 > > To: <CAUT@ptg.org> > > Subject: [CAUT] vertical hammers > > > > I think that it probably is going to be in the piano unless the guy who will > > be stringing takes months. I'm doing the work in the lady's house. Not my > > first choice, but she's not far from here, is very inquisitive, so best to > > be able to show her why she is spending a bundle of money. Of course I'm not > > replacing EVERYTHING, so the job will never be "all done". But I think I > > can bring it back to where it is a pleasure to play. Thanks for feedback. > > les bartlett > > > > _______________________________________________ > > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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