1890 Weber upright

[Prof. Euphonious Thump]

Put a  tiny drop of lubricant on all string bearing
areas to mitigate this  ( except on bridges ) but some
crystalization of the wire may have occurred, and
concurrent breakage, inevitable.

Peace,
     T

( P.S. Then, at least, you can tell the customer you
"did all" you can !!!  ) 

--- paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

> Semantics check... you say that you broke 6 strings,
> I'd say the strings
> wanted to break.  Unless you're recklessly pulling
> strings way beyond pitch,
> it's important for the owner to know that their
> piano's string(s) broke and
> that you didn't do it. That way you don't have to
> feel responsible, and you
> shouldn't, because you aren't!
> 
> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
> 
> On 11/9/07, Noah Haverkamp <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I tuned this th'other day. 52". There were 3
> broken strings in the high
> > treble and I broke 6 more, all in the treble
> except for one in the upper
> > tenor. The open pinblock, which
> > was a very pretty grain, had tiny cracks around
> several tuning pins, but
> > during the semitone pitch-raise, all the pins held
> well except for one or
> > two.
> >
> > The owner is spending a few hundred dollars to get
> the thing playing. But
> > we're curious  (this is the first really old piano
> I've serviced) about the
> > value of it. It is very attractive and the case is
> in pretty good condition.
> > I know it's not worth much without being rebuilt,
> but what is a ballpark
> > figure for a rebuilt one? And is there anything I
> should know about it
> > before going next week to replace the 9 strings,
> fine-tuning and doing some
> > minor regulation? Is that pinblock face veneer?
> >
> 


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