Point well taken, and I quite agree. I, however, am not the owner of this piano. I gave them two fairly lengthy "education seminars" regarding square grands and other available pianos - advantages/disadvantages/values/performance potential/etc. I gave them the rebuilding estimate 2 years ago. A year later they signed the contract and gave me a deposit. I picked it up about a month ago and again asked them if they were "sure". They are well informed and know exactly what they are doing. That being the case, I am happy to help them and I will do the best work I can within the constraints of our agreement. :-) Also, I am not at a point in my career where I can pick and choose which pianos I work on. Maybe some day I will be in a position to turn down work I might consider unappealing. The owners of this square grand know that we are only trying to get their Model T to run and take a leisurely run down to the corner grocer to get milk and eggs. Nobodys going to Indy. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 10:37 AM Subject: Re: Rebush Damper Guide Rail (sort of) > You know, there is a reason square grands are not more popular. There just > comes a time when it's just better to move on. It's sort of like asking how > to get a Model T to go faster than 65 MPH, or how to get better dynamic > range out of a gramophone, or how to make the color brighter on a 1950's TV > set. > > Today, some mighty magnificent pianos are produced, with starting prices > around $4000, better ones for $6000, fantastic pianos from $30,000 that > bring out all the wonderful things a piano can be. I think we might > possibly doing our customers a disservice when we keep these old wrecks > going and calling them pianos! > > Carol Beigel > > > >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Subject: Rebush Damper Guide Rail > >Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 08:15:17 -0400 > > > >Square Grand. Anyone out there ever rebush the damper guide holes in a > >square grand? You know, the nice ones that go through the plate, through > >the > >pinblock, through supporting frames, through thick and thin, through the > >loop and back, and through other stuff I'm sure? I don't think anyone even > >knows quite for sure what is down there. Anyone ever do it? Anyone ever > >seen > >it done? Anyone care to venture a guess as to how one would go about it? > >Thanks! > > > >I've got to go tune a square today that has intermittent sticky dampers. > >I'm > >to the point where I am just going to bring a drill with a 1/4" bit and fix > >any sticky ones (when the owner is not looking! ;-). I have tried reaming > >with smooth rods and protek - both help - for a while. > > > >Terry Farrell > >Piano Tuning & Service > >Tampa, Florida > >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > >
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