what to do, what to do...

daniel carlton hacicspe at gmail.com
Fri May 23 10:35:51 MDT 2008


hello list

a customer of mine had a piano that belonged to her recently deceased father
and she wanted to give it to someone that could make some good use of it, so
i took it thinking i could tune it, shape the hammers a little, do a quick
regulation and sell it. it's a Bradbury #111850, ca 1933.

i had another customer wanting to upgrade from her current piano, so i
showed it to her, explaining i would clean it, service it, and tune it. we
decided on a price and approximate date of deliverly.

my main problem now is that since i moved it into my shop, hairline cracks
have developed in the soundboard. you should be able to see them in the
photo i've attached. now i realize that's not necessarily a big deal as far
as the sound and playability of the piano, but the problem is that the
potential buyer didn't know about it when she decided to purchase it, and i
had no way of knowing it would do that. i'm thinking i'll just explain that
the cracks only developed after sitting in my shop and i could take a little
off the price. any thoughts, suggestions, ideas?

thanks

daniel carlton
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