1890 Weber upright

[paul bruesch]

Semantics check... you say that you broke 6 strings, I'd say the strings
wanted to break.  Unless you're recklessly pulling strings way beyond pitch,
it's important for the owner to know that their piano's string(s) broke and
that you didn't do it. That way you don't have to feel responsible, and you
shouldn't, because you aren't!

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 11/9/07, Noah Haverkamp <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I tuned this th'other day. 52". There were 3 broken strings in the high
> treble and I broke 6 more, all in the treble except for one in the upper
> tenor. The open pinblock, which
> was a very pretty grain, had tiny cracks around several tuning pins, but
> during the semitone pitch-raise, all the pins held well except for one or
> two.
>
> The owner is spending a few hundred dollars to get the thing playing. But
> we're curious  (this is the first really old piano I've serviced) about the
> value of it. It is very attractive and the case is in pretty good condition.
> I know it's not worth much without being rebuilt, but what is a ballpark
> figure for a rebuilt one? And is there anything I should know about it
> before going next week to replace the 9 strings, fine-tuning and doing some
> minor regulation? Is that pinblock face veneer?
>
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