I have done five pianos here, and I really like the results. My experience is pretty much the same as Tim's, about five hours, plus a little while more if you need to do a lot of easing. I lube all the new holes with ProLube before easing. I like the feel and it seems I don't have to ease as much. Ken Z. On 1/31/06 11:27 AM, "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu> wrote: > I really gotsta get out more often... This past Saturday I had my first > meeting with a beautifully redone 1920 "O". Very nice instrument, in a very > nice new house, with a very nice view overlooking the Mississippi from atop > a 400' bluff. Camera(s) will come out next time (foggy rain this time). > > It has gotten to needing regulation, but the noise problem the customer > wanted me to check out turns out to be chugging keys. > > I've got the Onesti key repair kit and have done two pianos here at school > with great success. (i.e. I like the kit.) The only problem is that my > work on the keys was interrupted so many times that I really don't have a > handle on the time I spent on it. Anybody wanna give a ballpark time so's > I can estimate to the owner just how much a ticket to the game might be? > > > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 > > - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, > - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap. > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529
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