As of yet I have NO experience (yet). I would like to learn how to rebuild pianos, but I don't immediately have the time (college), space (no outbuilding on my property), or money (no job right now -- but your help in how to get started in piano tuning would help -- I have had a few lessons from Lee Hintz in San Diego area and I know Bruce Stevens). Speaking of tuning, I still notice that sometimes (tuning by ear -- I have virtually no pitch reference at home where I'm practicing on 3 pianos (a 4'11" baby grand, a 52" upright, and a 57" upright), and I don't exactly trust the computer. I often notice that I might be able to get the temperament fairly good in tune, but there'll often be a stray wildly-beating fifth or two (about 3-5bps near the midrange of the piano) I had posted a picture of a junky piano a while back -- what do you think of practicing rebuilding on pianos of similar condition? (assuming the pinblock is still good) -- also, what brands would you stay away from when considering rebuilding a piano? Also, I'm considering on starting out on uprights, and when i feel like working on a pinblock do it on a grand or -- what high-quality brands of uprights (for example my ideas are Steinway & Bosendorfer) do you think it might be possible to consider replacing a pinblock? At 09:26 PM 11/28/00 -0500, you wrote: >Stephen, > >Do you intend to remanufacture the piano yourself? I have seen your name >appearing here only recently, so I do not know how much experience you have in >this area. > >If you have no experience in rebuilding, I would recommend getting the >experience on pianos of much lesser value. Learn your lessons and make your >mistakes on those. In my mind there is a certain responsibility all >rebuilders >have to make sure that only topnotch work is done on high value pianos. >Observing poor craftsmanship is always depressing, but much more so if the >piano was once a fine instrument. > >I do not rebuild pianos, but I've given it consideration. I would probably >start with the cheapest grand I could find, as long as it was at least worth >the trouble. > >Regards, >Clyde Hollinger, RPT > >Stephen Airy wrote: > > > When I'm ready to get one, where can I get a free (or almost) Bosendorfer > > Imperial concert grand? I don't care if all the keytops (i wanna say > > ivories :) have fallen off , the felt is completely worn from ALL the > > hammers, and the piano is so far flat that the strings are falling out of > > the tuning pins, I was wondering what the cheapest I could get one > > is? (for example 1981, or early 1970s). Or, has anyone heard about Petrof > > having a piano with extra keys in the bass? I saw an ad on pianomart.com > > for a petrof concert grand that they said had the same extra keys in the > > bass as Bosendorfer, but, sadly, the ad at > > http://www.pianomart.com/Petrof/petrof5.htm is about $29,000 out of my > > price range, and right now I would need to sacrifice 9'3" or 9'6" too much > > room in the living room. :( I would also be interested in info on the > > Stuart & Sons Australian piano (upright preferred -- personal preference) > > (it has extra keys in the treble) but I don't even want to think about the > > price tag on those considering what I know about them! > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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