OK- I ended up with a 104 year old upright, brass rail, and removed a hammer because it was wobbling all over the place. After about an hour of trying to get the hammer back in the piano, I discovered the little "sticky-out-thing" which holds the hammer stable was missing. Well was I stupid because I've not had lots of work on brass rails? Perhaps. But that, plus flat hammers, BAD regulation,rust on the strings, and it being at least half a step flat caused me some inner turmoil because there was something I couldn't fix. I felt the piano was really not worth the fixing. It was in a neighborhood where the people could likely have purchased a new piano. There's the story in a nutshell. I've tuned one other 104 year old piano, and a 105 year old grand, and did them without incident. I have problems taking $500 from a person when their piano is practically worthless. If it is some poor person in the ghetto that's different, and I would charge them very little. les bartlett wimblees at aol.com wrote: > > > > > I don't get it, we're piano technicians - why would you refuse to do > your > > job? Sure some pianos are a charm to work on and some are hell, but > that's > > what makes it challenging. Also, you get a good reputation and > decent money > > if you do good work. Just charge accordingly. > *st 2 easy steps! > <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1216817552x1201106465/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=82%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO82>* > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090129/9ff01097/attachment.html>
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