[pianotech] Cracked plate thing

[Jeff Deutschle]

The guy mentioned that there are pieces on the piano that "stick out"
where something used to be attached. I thought about mentioning that
if they don't do anything anymore, remove them. But he had already
referred to it as being valuable because it is "antique" so I chose
not to go further and just gave him my card.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:21 PM, John Ross<jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> How small is this door.
> Sometimes people not familiar with moving pianos, don't realize they can be
> turned on end, upside down or whatever to move them.
> The hinge pins and trim on the door can be removed.
> Just wondering.
> John Ross,
> Windsor, Nova Scotia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Deutschle" <oaronshoulder at gmail.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cracked plate thing
>
>
> This reminds me of a potential customer I stumbled into a conversation
> with. They recently got an old upright that is in the barn right now,
> but since it won’t fit through the door, they are waiting until they
> have a chance to remove a large window and get it in the house that
> way. I said if there was any doubt as to its condition, it would be
> best for me to take a look at it before they move it into the house.
>
> Since your customer probably won’t have a great deal of work done, I
> would suggest that you give the piano its first pitch raise while it
> is still in the farmhouse. If it doesn’t hold together, they have
> saved themselves two moves.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Bryn Latta<brynla at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes I checked the pins and was surprised at how nice they felt. I sent the
>> lady an estimate for a variety of things, I suggested that to get the
>> piano
>> working well she would need new strings, repair of a cracked bass bridge,
>> new hammers, damper felts, bushings etc. And I gave her a price. But there
>> was not a single thing broken or not functioning in the action and the
>> board, with minimal crown, still had a nice tone when I thumped the
>> bridge.
>> So she will probably never get all this work done and it's probably not
>> worth doing... maybe I should have been a little more discouraging in my
>> assessment. To be honest it was the first time I'd done an assessment of
>> this kind of piano, although I learned about it in school.
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Paul M wrote:
>>
>> Have you put a tuning hammer to the tuning pins to check the tightness of
>> the pins?
>>
>> The thought of removing a piano from an abandoned farmhouse and putting it
>> in someones living room or better yet dinning room is disgusting.
>>
>> As most have shared (this crack) may be the least of your concern.
>>
>> Removing keys and the action and all dirt under the keys as well as
>> blowing
>> out the action is a must.
>>
>> The very least this piano needs is reconditioning after a good cleaning.
>>
>> I trust you are aware of all this, I simply had to jump in and add my two
>> cents.
>>
>> Paul M.
>>
>>
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> Jeff Deutschle
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