One thing I forgot to mention and a slight update to this msg --- Jobs for me are hard to come by. I am currently mowing a friend's lawn once a week for $10/week. It's not much but it's better than nothing. :) I've been practicing tuning my piano quite a bit lately -- btw I just tuned it 2 weeks ago Tuesday and it's past due for another tuning. What do you guys think would be a good idea for me to start tuning pianos around my neighborhood? I think it'd be a good idea to have Lee Hintz (our local piano tuner) check me out sometime on my tuning ability (for example he comes to my home after I tune my Ricca & Son or my mom's PG-150 and checks my work. If I ever have the opportunity to get another piano to practice tuning on (one that's more stable than my Ricca & Son), what pianos do you think are good ones? For example what do you think of the S&S K-52, Yamaha U-all, Baldwin Hamilton? Also, yesterday afternoon while I was playing probably moderately hard -- maybe your interpretation would be banging cause someone commented that i have a strong handshake grip when i thought I was being fairly gentle :) -- I broke the right Middle C / Left middle C# string at the bridge on the Middle C side. :) --- Stephen Airy <stephen_airy@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've never seen a Bush & Lane -- what are they like? > > also I would get started but I have no money to do > it > with (and no job). > > Also, my sister has a 52 1/2" 1921 Hallet & Davis > that > I'd like to put new strings & hammers in sometime -- > what do you think of that make? > > --- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com> > wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: August 12, 2001 8:31 AM > > Subject: Re: Restoring old uprights > > > > > > > Question -- what do you guys think of restoring > > Ricca > > > & Son pianos? I have one and i was wondering if > > you > > > guys know if it was a good brand, or a junkie or > > what > > > was it? My piano needs some action work and new > > > strings & tuning pins. I think the pinblock is > > fine > > > -- has 2/0 pins and the pins are fairy uniformly > > > slightly loose -- probably would use 4/0. I > don't > > > know if the soundboard is cracked or not and the > > bass > > > bridge is somewhat cracked. > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > At this point you would do well to actually > acquire > > some hands on > > experience. It would begin to add some validity to > > your words. You've been > > talking about it for some time now, so start with > > what you have at hand and > > get on with it. (Besides, I'd be real upset if you > > chose to start out on a > > Bush & Lane....) > > > > Del > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! > Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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