a junky piano

[Stephen Airy]

I have played the piano a few times (or at least tried, as half or more of 
the notes don't work).  I have heard a tape recorded in 1982 at the same 
place where that piano is, and based on what the piano sounds like in the 
tape and what I remember of the piano when I tried to play it, I think it's 
the same one.  On the tape, I think all the notes work, cause I remember 
hearing passages hit where now the keys aren't even there.  The piano was 
dreadfully out of tune on the tape (probably around 100 or 150c flat).  If 
anyone wants a clip, I can cut out a 10-15 second mp3 from the beginning of 
a song which gives you an idea of how far out it is and send it to anyone 
who wants to hear it.  Unfortunately I can't send attachments of that size 
to the list.

At 10:23 PM 11/10/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >I'd like to clear something:  When I said "restore", I
> >used the wrong word.  I should have said "repair" or
> >"rebuild" -- I only am wondering if it would be
> >possible to get it working and in tune, even if it
> >doesn't work as well as a new piano.
>
>I understood what you meant, which is why I said "no, but it can probably
>be rebuilt" (or something to that effect). There are probably something
>like 47,871 (or maybe 2) possible levels of improvement ranging from
>indistinguishably less bad, to beyond all reasonable expectations, possible
>with something like this. It comes down to what you have to work with, the
>budget, specified adherence to original specs, the final expectation(s),
>and the knowledge, skill, and credibility of the shop that does the work.
>The perception of the end result depends as much, or more,  on the
>purported and/or accepted magical potential of the manufacturer's name and
>similarly evaluated capabilities of the rebuilder as it does on the
>objective evaluation of the end result. In other words, a "Revered" piano,
>rebuilt by a "Name", will probably be considered to be better then a
>"Generic" piano rebuilt by "Phred's Phiano Shoph", regardless of the
>performance level of the outcome. That being the case, you draws your line,
>and you takes your shot. Where do you want to go today?
>
>Regards,
>Ron N


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