Just make it happen. The lady wants to keep the piano. Maintenance is more important than Newness. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu > wrote: > Ryan, > > This sounds a bit high to me as well. I think a whole stack could be done > for more like $5-6 K with complete action geometry included. I doubt this > piano is so far out that it would need a complete geometry overhaul as well. > At this point, the piano is so far messed up that anything at all would > drasically help the poor old thing. If 7,500 was the quote, I would > seriously tempt her with replacing the piano! What does a new Samick > (previously DH Baldwin) go for these days. We were talking yesterday that > she would probably expect a $15K sticker price for a new one of that size > (about 5'6") That gets to the 50% rebuilding cost of new quote I heard > earlier, which I agree with, unless a real gem of a piano that would bring > the piano back to amazing. This one will never be amazing, sadly. > > Thanks for all the input folks! > Paul > > > > From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: 09/02/2010 > 01:55 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] another old PSO > ------------------------------ > > > > Wow, Wim! $7500 should be enough to completely rebuild the front action! I > knew things were more expensive in Hawaii, but this seems a little extreme > to me. Maybe I'm just cheap! > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:52 PM, <*tnrwim at aol.com* <tnrwim at aol.com>> wrote: > Paul > > This lady trusts you to get the work done. I would estimate on the higher > side. (new h/s/f, and reg. is going be around $7500). But instead of you > doing the work, take the action home and ask Larry and/or Richard (or > Rachel), how much they would charge you to do the bench work. Then, when > they're done, take the action back. She'll never know the difference, but > she'll be happy, you've made some money, and so have Larry or > Richard/Rachel. > > Wim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul T Williams <*pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu*<pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > > > To: CAUTlist <*caut at ptg.org* <caut at ptg.org>>; pianotech <* > pianotech at ptg.org* <pianotech at ptg.org>> > Sent: Wed, Sep 1, 2010 12:55 pm > Subject: [pianotech] another old PSO > > Hi all, > > Just went to a usual customer with a beautiful 9'2" Bluthner at a church - > 3 years old which I love to take care of. the pastor's sister asked me to > check out her DH Baldwin about 25 years old and its a POS or PSO as you may > wish to term it. She is willing to spend thousands on it rather than > getting a new piano as $4-5K is better than $15K for a new PSO. > > What do I tell her?. Its a DH Baldwin, somebody filed the hammers off > flat, somebody else ruined the shanks, the hammer bushings are shot, it > barely plays, etc. > > Is it toast, or would $4-5K fix it if she reallyy wants to keep this thing > as she's very attached to it? The geometry is way out, and you know....it's > a mid '80's Samick. I didn't check the action brackets, or anything > really...I just wanted to leave! I just looked for free and told her I would > get back to her with some good techs in the not so near area (there are > none) that might have time to do this sort of thing. I'm too busy at UNL to > handle this sort of thing, and our director would not look nicely on my > bringing in a "stray" piano from the wilderness unless.......$$$$$ donated > to the SOM (maybe then, so) this is an "In Shop" project, to be sure. > > Is it worth it? Believe me the Bluthner is my favorite in NE! If you were > a mechanic working on Fords, would you drive 1.5 hours to work on a Ferrari? > what a fantasic piano! I LOVE working on this piano. It's my favorite in the > state! It might truely be the best piano in NE. > > Best, Paul > > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA* > **www.pianova.net* <http://www.pianova.net/> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100904/cebf22c2/attachment.htm>
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