[pianotech] "interesting" pianos

[Stephen Grattan]

I had a customer ask about refinishing a beautiful old upright and I advised 
them that I could- but I would suggest that the piano be checked over before to 
ensure it was tunable. They accused me of just trying to make the job bigger, so 
I declined the refinishing job.  Six months later I got a call from the 
customer, forgetting she had called before.  I went out to check whatever the 
problem was.  The piano was horribly out of tune, so I opened it up and found a 
shattered plate, splits in the soundboard big enough to stick my hand through 
and a completely worn out action - but a beautiful $4000.00 finish.  I informed 
her that she had a beautiful carpet stretcher.
 
Steve Grattan
Lost Chord Clinic




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From: John Ross <jrpiano at bellaliant.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Fri, January 4, 2013 10:18:31 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] "interesting" pianos

How about those that have the piano professionally refinished, before they have 
it even tuned. 

John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia

On 2013-01-04, at 10:13 AM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> wrote:

Those who care more about how the piano looks than how it plays are generally 
those who don’t play it.  I have plenty of customers who care more how it plays 
and sounds than how it looks.  They are the ones who actually play it, as one 
would expect.
> 
>David Love
>www.davidlovepianos.com
> 
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
>Of Euphonious Thumpe
>Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 12:17 AM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] "interesting" pianos
>
>And isn't it curious that many owners will put more into how a piano looks than 
>how it plays???
>
>
>Thumpe 
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