Untuneable Piano

[Barrie Heaton]

if you do get a large sum of money for it,  let me now, as I have at
least ten pianos as old and some older on my round.

Barrie


In article <v01510101aeca1e5b775a@[206.156.142.112]>, Ted Simmons
<ted@palmnet.net> writes
>Can anyone advise me how to handle a situation where you arrive for a
>tuning and are faced with an untuneable piano.  The customer bought it for
>their daughter to take lessons on.  I had to hit D5 to match the A-440
>tuning fork. That's how flat it was. The strings were very rusty and lots
>of soot inside.  As a learning piano it is worthless in its present
>condition and I so informed the customer.  Now here's the tough part.  The
>piano is an Erard upright S/N 20402 which puts its manufacturing date at
>about 1847.  It was straight-strung with oblong tuning pin heads.  The
>finish was beautiful and in very good shape.  I told them the piano was
>probably not designed for our modern day pitch and advised them to get one
>that is more tuneable.  However, I also told them that this piano is
>somewhat of a prize in another way.  It is a bonafide antique and may be
>worth some money to a collector.  So now how do they find an interested
>buyer?  Are there any on this net that might be interested?
>
>Ted Simmons
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