Just needs a little tuning!

[piannaman at aol.com]

 These pianos shouldn't be saved, they should be hunted down and systematically destroyed. Aeolian spinets--of which this is one--from that era are what I learned to tune on (if you can call it tuning, because they can't really be tuned), and to this day are the worst pianos I've ever worked on! 
    Dave Stahl
 
 Dave Stahl Piano Service
 650-224-3560
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 -----Original Message-----
 From: joey at onkeypiano.com
 To: pianotech at ptg.org
 Sent: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 5:49 AM
 Subject: Re: Just needs a little tuning!
 
  I must admit that until I saw this piano, I've had the opinion that EVERY piano could be saved. I was to access whether my skills were sufficient to do the work and the owner was to access whether or not the piano was worth the investment. My opinion has changed. While it may be true that every piano could be saved, I have come to the conclusion that not every piano SHOULD be saved. 
 
 I've offered to sell her another piano. If she takes the offer, we'll both be better off. 
 
 OH... I didn't mention how good the action in this piano actually looked. I did offer to take it off her hands (at no charge) just so I could have the action. I couldn't believe how good it looked.
 
 Joey
 
   From: pjr <pryan2 at the-beach.net>
 Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:59 AM
 To: joey at onkeypiano.com, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
 Subject: Re: Just needs a little tuning!
 
 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  
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
   
 
 
   
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