Did this piano sell for more than 1K? Do the cracks buzz? Are the ribs falling off? If the answer is no to these questions, IMHO you have a non-issue. Terry Farrell You might want to check and perhaps better control the RH in your shop! ----- Original Message ----- 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080524/807716c6/attachment.html
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