The third was a Shigeru Kawai. That was their "dream" and the others were what they could afford with the money left over. I got my self a bit of help today though. I told the guy in charge that I could never guarantee a really good tuning though I would do my best, and after two hours I had to charge my regular shop rate for extra time. He was quite agreeable to that, so it will be ok. I went by the piano today as I took the invoice with an "overage" which came close enough to covering the extra time that I won't be quibbling. I have been otherwise very pleased with the folks, and certainly want to keep that customer. The other Estonia is quite tunable, and of course the Shigeru would be a dream to tune. thanks for ideas. They already know the company won't sell them a new piano, and now I can do ok financially by it, so will just work very hard. les b _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:15 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] tuning pin tightness $200,000? What was the third piano? I know nothing about Estonia...expensive piano? David Ilvedson Pacifica, CA On Jan 30, 2010, at 4:39 PM, "Leslie Bartlett" <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> wrote: A local church bought three pianos, roughly topping out at $200,000. Two are Estonias. On one the pins are so tight they pop, most of the quite loudly making it un-tunable for all practical purposes. These are about one year old. What would you recommend as far as some action regarding the piano? I'm afraid of twisting pins to breaking point. thanks les bartlett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100201/40c2964d/attachment.htm>
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