Greetings,
I agree with Terry; for all the good "orphan" pianos available,
in a case of questionability like this, I have found myself advising
customers to just keep looking and wait till something better presents itself. I
believe our job is to put things in perspective for customers.
But I only have 6 plus years in this business, I have never seen a crack
like that in a piano plate. This would have me going too. Also, you are
right... that crack had to come from something. Perhaps the piano was dropped
in a previous move, (that wouldnt be as worrysome) as...or it could be
something bigger/deeper. I would look hard for other clues, and then be brutally
honest. You cant guarantee the thing.
Julia G.
Reading, PA
In a message dated 6/5/2009 6:19:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com writes:
The thought that makes the most sense to me is when I think of some of the
nice little pianos that I've seen people find - a like-new 10-year-old
Baldwin console for $900, an excellent condition 15-year-old Kimball console for
$450 - when you realize there are nice (relatively speaking) little pianos
available for cheap, it very quickly makes fixing up an old upright very
uneconomical. I find that I can help them reach clarity on the issue when I tell
them that they can easily spend $X (hundreds, thousand +) repairing the
broken things on this old upright and you will then have a repaired old upright
that is worn out and plays poorly. How can you justify that when they can
find a clean functioning newer piano for $1K or less.
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