"Mamma said there be days like this." This morning I woke up to a terrible rain storm. My first piano of the day was a new customer only 10 miles away who told me she had an upright piano that just needed a "tuning". I arrived to find a 1975 Henry F. Miller Spinet. It didn't look too bad from the outside. Then I opened it up. the felt on every single hammer is seperating from the hammers. I counted 24 bass strings broken, and 26 treble strings. I showed her what it looked like on the inside and she asked me if it was worth fixing. I told her that she was the only one who could decide that. I gave her a price for re-stringing, and replacing all the hammers and a good cleaning. I explained to her what a comperable piano would cost her to purchase new and used. I bid the job high enough (but fair for the amount of work that needs to be done) and figured that no sane person would want to put that kind of money into this piano. She wants it fixed! I usually just lurk here and glean all the knowlege I can from you fine folks, but my new year's resolution is to participate more in the list. I thought this gem of a piano was worth sharing. I'm just glad all it needed was a good tuning! I don't think I could stand it if it needed some serious work done! Joey On Key Piano Plains, GA <http://www.livingwaters.com/learn/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/68d67f7a/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 5 Jan 07 010.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21082 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/68d67f7a/attachment-0005.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 5 Jan 07 006.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 34741 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/68d67f7a/attachment-0006.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 5 Jan 07 007.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 32406 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/68d67f7a/attachment-0007.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 5 Jan 07 009.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 34566 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/68d67f7a/attachment-0008.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 5 Jan 07 008.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 31718 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/68d67f7a/attachment-0009.jpg
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