Hammer Felt Gluing

[Farrell]

Yup, I hear ya. I'm just not there yet. I gotta do a lot of those $200
band-aid jobs so that I can buy me a sirloin to attend to my Atkins diet!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Hammer Felt Gluing


> Oh I hear you Terry, and understand poifectly well. I guess what I am
> saying is that I am quite happy to pass such jobs over to others who get
> more enjoyment out of working on them. And I am tickled pink to be in a
> position where I can do just that. I get little or no reward anymore out
> of working on instruments that are of such quality that a 600 dollar
> investment for new hammers is not justified. To me... that kind of a
> piano is something I am glad to avoid. Dont get me wrong... thats not
> really meant as a put down for techs who work on them, or on the piano
> itslef... its just that I dont enjoy working on them, and so I dont (as
> long as fortune continues to smile on me).
>
> I think most of us get to a point in our careers where we have worked up
> a fairly good quality level clientell, and I also think most of us are
> glad to get to that point.
>
> And... I ALSO think that YOU will no doubt reach that same crossroads
> before too many years go by. I gots lots of faith in you :)
>
> Funny thing is... after getting up their in years ... past where I am
> now... into retirement and beyond... seems like a lot of techs tend to
> find a renewed appreciation for the little old lady and her Wurly down
> the road. Must be some kinda twist on nostalgia or something.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
> Farrell wrote:
> >
> > True, but in this case the piano was otherwise in good condition and was
> > meeting their needs and the hammer felt was pretty much all there (no
deep
> > grooves, etc.). I took the action out and did the gluing in my shop. I
> > charged them $200 and they got their piano back in ...... well, whatever
> > working order it was in before the hammer felt let go. IMHO, the piano,
> > being that it was otherwise meeting their needs, was worth a $200
repair.
> > For this piano, I couldn't have recommended sinking $600+ into a set of
> > hammers.
> >
> > Just like the 1960s Wurly console I posted about yesterday. I told the
lady
> > that it was probably going to be worth the repair, but if she had ANY
> > thoughts about upgrading to a better piano, now would be a golden
> > opportunity to cut the losses with the Wurly and put the $$ toward a
better
> > piano.
> >
> > And if you have the luxury to exclude this type of work from your
business,
> > hey, the more power to ya! I'm jealous!
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> >
> >
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