This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment List, About two months ago I serviced a "J. Becker" stencil grand for a = church. I assumed it to be a Chinese import because of the dealer's = sticker (Westbrook), a local man (of "Grand" <spinet> piano fame) = recently deceased and who was since the Grand spinet days importing = pianos directly from China. I learn now from Pierce that J. Becker is a = firm in St. Petersburg, Russia still operating at least when the 10th = edition came out. The piano was in such poor shape I followed up the visit with a two-page = letter detailing the piano's problems. They have just now returned a = copy of my letter highlighting a couple of things they would like me to = estimate on correcting, while they decide whether to repair or replace = the piano: 1) Half the action return spring had broken off causing the = soft pedal return to be undependable; estimating on that should be no = problem. 2) The action has no glide bolts. Frankly, I have never heard = of retrofitting glide bolts into a key frame that never had them. I = don't see them in the Schaff catalogue. My feeling is to drive the nail into the coffin. What say you? Bill Maxim, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8e/8a/c6/dd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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