Newbe question

[Dean May]

Sam

 

One thing you'll find on this list is a wide diversity of opinion on just
about any topic. My experience is a little different than William's below. I
would say that you have an excellent piano to start with. The Kimballs from
the 30's were still made in Chicago and were very respectable pianos. I've
redone several. They are easy to work on and yield very nice results. 

 

Get the Journal back issues on CDs and do lots of reading. You'll do fine.

 

Blessings,

 

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272

Terre Haute IN  47802

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Benjamin
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:39 PM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Newbe question

 

Sam,

 

First welcome to the list and glad to have you here.   My input is just my
opinion.   Starting with a Kimball piano is a tuff one.   You can put a
dress or a tie on a pig and it is still a pig.   Kimball is a very low
budget piano and it may frustrate you.   At the same time, you have to start
some where.   Yes, what you're doing is what a lot of us should do in the
beginning and I wish you the best of luck.

 

William

 

 

 

 

PIANO BOUTIQUE

William Benjamin

Piano Tuner Extraordinaire

 <http://www.pianoboutique.biz> www.pianoboutique.biz

The tuner alone,

preserves the tone.

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Samuel Choy
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:05 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Newbe question

 

Hi,

 

A little introduction,

 

I recently completed the American School of Piano Tuning program and am
starting a business, part time at first, as a piano technician. But I am
very serious, I've been 10 years in the corporate world and am very sick of
it. Seems kind of risky to plan to leave a good paying job at a large
company, but I hate what I do now and love pianos.

 

Anyway, I thought the American School of Piano Tuning program was pretty
good. There was a link to it off the RTP Web site, so I didn't think that it
could be all that bad. However, I don't feel like I have all the skills I
need. I feel like I know just enough to be dangerous. So to practice, I
bought myself an old Kimball grand piano (built in the 30s) that was in
horrible shape with the intent to fix it up. 

 

The sound board is cracked, the ivories are cracked, the hammers are deeply
grooved, and it needs to be restrung. In the action, it looks like a lot of
the felts are worn and should be replaced. And it needs to be refinished.

 

At worse, I think that this will be a good education, at best, if I do good
job refurbishing it, I could at least get my money back if not make some.

 

Did any of you do anything like this?

 

Also, sorry if this is an old question, but is liquid hide glue as good as
the hide glue you have to mix in a heating pot?

 

Thanks.

 

Nice to meet all of you.

 

Sam Choy

Samuel Choy Piano Service

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