No. Total junker. The only other thing you might have offered to do is haul the beast to your place to part out and the bones to the land fill. Wim? <G> Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Schlaybach" <schlaybach@earthlink.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:42 AM Subject: Another old player condemned > Out of curiousity, I'd like some opinions related to the advice I gave > yesterday to a family with an old player (gutted) made by York Piano Company > (serial # 66413). > > > I was asked to come a tune the piano and told there were a few keys not > working. There are 2 children who play it and one has started at a local > piano institute. > > I moved the beast away from the wall and the entire piano fell slightly > backward. There was a block of wood on the back right corner to support the > missing wheel. > > Upon further inspection: the pinblock was cracked at numerous places, tuning > pins were loose as a result and had been doped by someone in the past. > Hammer was broken off on one key, strings were broken, pitch was high at > some sections and low at others (this seemed odd to me that some would be > sharp), treble and bass bridges were very cracked up, cabinet finsihed was > poor and veneer was pulled off at places. Jack springs were missing, I > noticed a broken Whippen, and if I had continue to look I'm sure I'd have > found other things. > > After seeing the cracked bridges I asked the owner about its senitmental > value - they indicated there was not much. I then sugeested that in my > opinion the piano was not worth the money required to repair and make it > playable, espcially with one child taking lessons at an institute. She > seemed relieved to hear this and told me her husband was shocked that she > wanted to spend anything to even tune it. She also said they had a keyboad > that the kids would use till they found something else. > > I did not feel I should charge her anything but when pressed suggested $20. > She indicated taht she thought this was not enough for my time and gas but I > made the bill out for $20 anyway. When I got home I noticed she wrote the > check out for $30! > > I plan to send her the a copy of , :How to buy a good used piano" as a > "thankyou". > > I also mentioned that I'd be happy to check out any piano she might be > inclined to buy in the future and hoped to be able to conitnue to provide > tuning and repair business. > > Did I condemn a piano that might have been given a few more years?! > > Jeff Schlaybach - Robesonia, PA > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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