This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Yesterday, I had to disappoint a 90 plus year old lady by telling her = that her piano is unusable (no use to tune it) at this time because of = plastic parts failure in her Jesse French piano. It's probably a large = console with a case designed like a studio with the entire top lifting = up much like many Baldwin Hamiltons. It appears to be from the early = 50's, though Pierce doesn't give any dates for it. Over 30 back checks = are completely gone with a half dozen or so having been replaced with = wood at some time in the past. At present there are another six or = eight damper levers (plastic, too) that are broken. The question: Are parts available to fit this action to repair it? I told her that it = would probably take a commitment of several hundred dollars to replace = all of the plastic, even if suitable wooden replacements are available. = She and I both feel that given the age of both the piano and the client, = that repairs are probably not economically feasible. I feel that = repairing only those that are broken at this time will not produce long = lasting satisfaction, as other parts will no doubt continue to break in = the future. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks to all. Ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ray T. Bentley, RPT Registered Piano Tuner-Technician Alton, IL ray@bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4d/64/d3/7e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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