Terry, I don't doubt that a restringing is in order, but I'm wondering if you are considering doing more. Now would seem to be the appropriate time to at least recondition the rest of the piano and maybe even do a complete rebuild. And shouldn't the pinblock be replaced or plugged if the piano's getting restrung? If it really needs everything for a discriminating client, it seems to me that going halfway isn't advisable. Regards, Clyde. Tom wrote: > > Am I the only one who finds the concept that just because a piano is > > difficult to tune, this is reason enough to encourage the owner of the > piano > > to pay hundreds of dollars to restring it? Terry F. wrote: > No, you are not the only one, and that is not the only reason this person > might want to consider restringing. This lady is a teacher. She has many > students and teaching piano is her sole income (or there abouts - its what > she does for a living - she is single). She plays Rachmananof (sp?) VERY > well (at least it sounds good to me). She complained about a few notes that > were way out that bothered her. All her bass tuning pins are loose - on the > verge of not holding a tune. Several tenor pins are loose. I have CAed some > of them in the past. Any hey, this piano is 60 years old and the strings are > rusty and she has an appreciation of the performance piano! She complains > about her una-corda not working right (she needs her hammers filed), and her > action is less than satisfactory. Clearly this woman is looking for better > performance. I think in this case talking about restringing is very much > on-target and is a service to her.
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