[pianotech] Fw: broken piano leg

[Dave Davis]

Jer,

Jack is intererested in how others would repair the leg. That is why he asked the question twice.  Jack has been in this business a very long time, is an amazing woodworker, makes a very good living, and I suspect that just like me, he isn't looking for another opinion about clients that want somethin' for nothin'. We all know how to handle clients like that.

My opinion,

Dave Davis, RPT



-----Original Message-----
From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net>
Sender: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:22:49 
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fw: broken piano leg

Hi Jack,

 

If they're not interested in spending the proper amount of money fixing it
right then I wouldn't be interested in doing anything to it at all, period.
That's my take.  They should either fix it right or call someone else that
doesn't care.  But, that someone won't be me.  Remember, someone else will
be following up after you sooner or later with the possible thought of, who
in the heck did THIS kind of shoddy repair instead of doing it correctly to
begin with, not knowing the whole story then, your reputation could be
affected.  

 

Try this.  Flat out refuse to do it half a**ed saying, either we'll do the
job right because my reputation is also at stake here or,  I won't do the
job at all, period.  That works for me more often than not and if not, I
walk away.  If I get the go ahead, I will send in a furniture repair guy to
fix that sort of thing.  It'll likely cost them $300 + to do it right, blend
in the broken pieces etc., but, it would look like it was never broken in
the first place when my guy was finished with it.     

 

Jer 

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Jack Houweling
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:59 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: [pianotech] Fw: broken piano leg

 

Any suggestion on this repair, I have a few ideas but want to hear from
anyone who has done this.

The customer does not want to spend a lot of money so I want to know how it
can be reinforced,

and done at the customers home. The base part of the leg and the post are
still in one piece.

 

Regards,

Jack Houweling

 


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