Keith, Yes, when the factor of cost is an issue, it will take a completely different approach. Good point well taken. Mike Masters Masters Piano Service Lakewood, OH Keith McGavern wrote: > Mike, List, > > Every piano is different, and therefore each one has to be evaluated > individually as to its needs. Likewise, the owner of the piano has their > individual expectations about performance level for their instrument. Some > situations just don't require a full blown replacement, and some do. Some > like their instruments just the way they are except for the sluggishness. > > Another way to make this real easy is from a numbers perspective. Customer > owns a Steinway grand that had a verdigris problem. I say, "We can go at > this from two different angles. One option: we can try this new age > lubricant and attempt to free up the problem for say xxx amount of dollars. > If this suits your purposes, then we're home free. Should the > sluggishness reappear later on down the road, we can reapply the Protek for > xx amount of dollars." The other option: "We can just replace all the > parts for x,xxx amount of dollars and be done with with the verdigris > sluggishness once and for all. One thing, thought I must mention, > replacement of parts will change the entire familiarity of your piano, both > in touch and in tone. > > There have been several times when I have advised customers not to have me > work on their piano unless they are completely unsatisfied with it. Mainly > because I will change it forever from the way they know it, and I will > never be able to return it to the way they remember it was. > > There's so much more in determining what to do with someone's piano with > verdigris than I have communicated in this post. Hope some of this helps > your question > > Keith A. McGavern > kam544@ionet.net > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA
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