Jesse French Plastic

[John Ross]

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 Oh yes, the parts only came to $207 plus postage.
It was one set of damper flanges, one set of jacks, without flanges, a set of backchecks and a set of flanges for the butts.
I thought the cost of the parts was quite reasonable.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ray T. Bentley 
  To: Pianotech 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:40 AM
  Subject: Jesse French Plastic


  Yesterday, I had to disappoint a 90 plus year old lady by telling her that her piano is unusable (no use to tune it) at this time because of plastic parts failure in her Jesse French piano.  It's probably a large console with a case designed like a studio with the entire top lifting up much like many Baldwin Hamiltons.  It appears to be from the early 50's, though Pierce doesn't give any dates for it.  Over 30 back checks are completely gone with a half dozen or so having been replaced with wood at some time in the past.  At present there are another six or eight damper levers (plastic, too) that are broken.

  The question:

  Are parts available to fit this action to repair it?  I told her that it would probably take a commitment of several hundred dollars to replace all of the plastic, even if suitable wooden replacements are available.  She and I both feel that given the age of both the piano and the client, that repairs are probably not economically feasible.  I feel that repairing only those that are broken at this time will not produce long lasting satisfaction, as other parts will no doubt continue to break in the future.  Any thoughts or suggestions?

  Thanks to all.

  Ray

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  Ray T. Bentley, RPT
  Registered Piano Tuner-Technician
  Alton, IL
  ray@bentley.net
  www.ray.bentley.net


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