---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 08:57 AM, SUSAN P SWEARINGEN wrote: > Any opinions on the quality of Kimball Whitney pianos?=A0 Low. > Is it a spinet?? Most often, though I wouldn't be surprised if some scrawny consoles=20 bore the Whitney name as well. > =A0A customer of mine is looking at buying one for about $500 and = asked=20 > me but I've never tuned one. Lucky you! The instrument *may* be worth that to him, if he's rather=20 fortunate. On the other hand there's probably the prospect of a 100 cent pitch=20 raise and follow up tunings, the action should probably be pulled to=20 tighten rattling wippen flange screws, space hammers, file hammers and=20= do a great deal of hammer felt needling to get a less clangorous tone,=20= repin tight jack flanges, etc., and then replace all the rubber-plastic=20= grommets which crumble when you remove the action (or simply adjust=20 lost motion); a full regulation (especially damper timing may well be=20 in order too). In other words if he's willing to spend up to twice the purchase price=20= on your labors to bring out a hemp handbag from this sow's ear, he=20 might be satisfied. I always suggest a "reality check" with my opinion that (for example)=20 $6-7000 for a new Yamaha U-1 is money well spent, and that the=20 satisfaction level that he'll achieve with a $500 piano may be similar=20= to that he'll achieve with a $500 car. Your mileage may vary. Patrick Draine ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1655 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7b/53/47/38/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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