---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Friends, Today I had the "privilege" of tuning old uprights at both ends of the scale, bad and pretty good. The first was a 1916 Pianista that had serious pinblock problems, and of the first three bichords in the bass two single-wound strings were missing and a third was torn. The other three strings were so flat that I was relatively certain I couldn't get them to pitch without them tearing, too. Beyond that, most of the piano was close to pitch. I hate this kind of service call, but because they were former students who had just bought the wornout thing for $200 I agreed to try to get it working after advising them they might be better off just forgetting about it. They decided to let me fix it (bummer!). As I expected, a fourth string tore as I tried to get it to pitch. I knotted it and then, wimp that I am, I cut the remaining two and spliced in some new steel. So now those three notes have four spliced strings (looks awful, just awful!) and two universal replacement strings, which I guess are a necessary evil sometimes but I've pretty well lost confidence in expecting them to sound good. Sorry if I eradicated any professional respect you may have had for me. So now the clients have 400 bucks in a piano that I would value at about $75. But they are happy, and I am happy, that I am out of their house having made them happy. Did I do them a service or disservice? I dunno. My last piano today was a 1907 Packard, all original and although not perfect looks mighty good for its age. I told the client I actually like the piano, something I don't say very often about aged unrestored pianos. The tuning had barely changed since I was there last year. Just venting a little. Thanks for reading. Regards, Clyde ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2a/cd/55/ca/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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