> ..ok..how many piano tuners are there in your little community?..doesn't > that count also?!? > > Rook One, just me, and I am essentially retired. I am real busy if I tune one or two a week. A little pocket money for me and for my college student daughter. There is a job at Columbia University, full time, 50 instruments, $45-50K plus bennies but I am not interested although it does sound interesting. I just have too much retirement things to do. My house currently is a disaster area. I have completed a new ceiling in my bedroom (removal of old drop ceiling, crumbling plaster and lots of lath and dirt and mess), new drywall, taping and bedding and paint (hateful jobs). I had help lifting 4'x8'x5/8" sheets but I did the rest. Now I have to paint the walls, clean the carpet and return the furniture. I am storing furniture for a friend and I have a 5'3" dismembered all over the place. The poor dog has trouble finding places where she can turn around because the paths are narrow going from room to room. I have been sleeping on the couch for over a month now and I am TIRED of it. The piano board is refinished, the plate sprayed and the pinblock fitted but not punch marked yet. The action needs new hammers and shanks (actually the old could do but why use 80 year old suff) and half the damper blocks have been cleaned, unfelted and wires polished. WN&G action. As soon as the block is drilled I will be ready to set the plate and string. Amazingly the key bushings are good (polish pins and lubricate) the wippens (SP!!!) are good the keyframe needs felt as does the damper action. Rescaling will improve the basic tone and make it more tunable. A nice little project when I can find the darned thing. So I am the only tuner in town and very few know I am here. I like it that way. Newton
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