Time to level pins, dress coils...?

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Diane..

Looking from above, you should be able to eyball a pretty decent job in the
course of a couple hours, including making the coils neat. Course then you have
to tune the piano. Depends a bit on how nice a job you want to do with the
coils.

As far as the piano itself goes... it is not unheard of that such a piano could
have been sold.. had a problem with tuning pins... returned to the dealer..
repinned and resold as "new". Dealers can be such wonderfu....er... capitalistic
sons of bi... er... well you know what I mean. grin

Richard Brekne
I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway

Diane Hofstetter wrote:

> Dear list;
>
>   Was called to tune a 1973 Story & Clark grand just before Thanksgiving for
> a party.  Found the tuning pins at all different heights and the coils were
> a mess.  Customer insisted parents bought the piano new in 1973 and it had
> never been restrung, so I guess it came from the factory that way? The piano
> was grossly flat and it turned out the party wasn't until Dec. 11 so I
> talked them into having me straighten the coils and level the pins.  I
> couldn't figure out what to charge them, but since I was just about to
> string a piano, thought that I would know in a few days.
>
>   Turns out I don't string that way at all, but dress the coils after every
> few pins and level after each section, so don't know how long it will take!
> I would guess about 2-3 hours??  Anyone have any input on this for me?
>
>   Thanks!
>   Diane
>
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