Repinning Steinway Upright with verdigris--suggestions, estimates?

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List,

While tuning a nice 1942 Baldwin L yesterday, the owner mentioned that she 
had an old piano in the other room that had some notes that didn't work, and 
wondered whether I could look at it and see if I could fix it.

Turns out to be a Steinway "V" from around 1920, impeccably refinished in 
deep red Mahogany.  The hammers have been replaced within the last couple of 
decades, but probably have never been used all that much, given the state of the 
hammer-flange centers.

I didn't have to do much examining to figure out that the piano is infested 
with verdigris (I forgot to note whether there are double flanges, though :-(  
).

I am going to take on the job of repinning this beast if the owners decide 
they want it done, but I have a few questions. 

1.  Will I need to replace bushings as well as the center pins?  I certainly 
suspect so, since the cloth is the culprit.  

2.  Will it be cheaper/easier to just replace all of the flanges in the 
piano?  

3.  Is it likely that all of the flanges in the piano are verdigris victims?  
The whippen and jack flanges don't seem to be binding, but I would suspect 
that Steinway used paraffin in all of their bushing cloth. 

4.  Time estimates from anyone who has done this project before would be most 
appreciated:
       A.  Repinning all flanges
       B.  Replacing all flanges and subsequent fitting involved
       C.  Rebushing and repinning all flanges

I will also consult Joe's "G" Piano Works labor guide for ETs for these 
various operations.

Thanks in advance for your expertise,

Dave Stahl




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