[pianotech] hours and costs to restring a Yamaha G2

[David Love]

1.  Yes

2.  Dress the capo, 1 hour; replace the agraffes, 1 hour; Restring, 10
hours; but what about teardown with all the measurements, measure bass
strings and order; replace plate bushings, replace agraffes, are you going
to pull the plate?, clean the plate?, refinish the plate?, refinish the
soundboard?, mess with the bearing?  You'll be removing the dampers are you
going to rebuild the damper system?,  replace the damper felt?, rebush the
guide rail?  How long does it take to stabilize the tuning before you send
it back out?  What about the action?  You'll at least have to file the
hammers so you can fit them to the strings and voice the piano properly.
Are you going to do this on site or move the piano to your shop.  And don't
forget everything else that I can't think of in this format that makes the
job complete.

3.  Probably not.  You have to make sure the shape is correct.

4.  Enough to make sure you can do a job that you are satisfied with.  

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Don
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:26 PM
To: PTG
Subject: [pianotech] hours and costs to restring a Yamaha G2

Hi,

A local client has asked me for a quote on restringing a rather ancient
Yamaha G2. The pin block is ok--but oversize pins will be needed. It is
starting to break strings at the capo bar in the mid treble. I have four
questions.

1. Might this piano benefit from rescaling? (Bridges are good and would not
be moved)?

2. How many hours are required to dress the capo bar, repin and restring?

3. Will "shoe shining" the pressure bar be good enough?

4. How much would you charge for such a job?

Thanks in advance.


Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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