Just needs a little tuning!

[pjr]

Are you _really_ going to do the job?  or..... recommend your worst enemy?


Phil Ryan

Joey Recker wrote:
> "Mamma said there be days like this."
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> This morning I woke up to a terrible rain storm.  My first piano of 
> the day was a new customer only 10 miles away who told me she had an 
> upright piano that just needed a "tuning".
>  
> I arrived to find a 1975 Henry F. Miller Spinet.  It didn't look too 
> bad from the outside.  Then I opened it up.  the felt on every single 
> hammer is seperating from the hammers.  I counted 24 bass strings 
> broken, and 26 treble strings.
>  
> I showed her what it looked like on the inside and she asked me if it 
> was worth fixing.  I told her that she was the only one who could 
> decide that.  I gave her a price for re-stringing, and replacing all 
> the hammers and a good cleaning.  I explained to her what a comperable 
> piano would cost her to purchase new and used.  I bid the job high 
> enough (but fair for the amount of work that needs to be done) and 
> figured that no sane person would want to put that kind of money into 
> this piano.  She wants it fixed!  
>  
> I usually just lurk here and glean all the knowlege I can from you 
> fine folks, but my new year's resolution is to participate more in the 
> list.  I thought this gem of a piano was worth sharing.  I'm just glad 
> all it needed was a good tuning!  I don't think I could stand it if it 
> needed some serious work done!
>  
> Joey
> On Key Piano
> Plains, GA
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