Are you _really_ going to do the job? or..... recommend your worst enemy? Phil Ryan Joey Recker wrote: > "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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/cba03244/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 21082 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/cba03244/attachment-0005.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 34741 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/cba03244/attachment-0006.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 32406 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/cba03244/attachment-0007.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 34566 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/cba03244/attachment-0008.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 31718 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070108/cba03244/attachment-0009.jpe
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