not too much badmouthing please

[jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca]

not too much badmouthing pleaseIt may not be as old as you think.
Quite often people assume the date on the plate, which is the date the company was founded, is how old the piano is.
Find out what she is going to use the piano for, then make the decision what you will do.
If it is for a child to take lessons on, then A440 is a must.
Another reason for A440 is, when it is used with other instruments.
Ok, so it looked antique, but it could still only be 100 years old.
Lots of these old pianos can come up to A440.
Just check for signs of a separated pinblock. I.e. sight along the back, or along the plate line in conjunction with the top or some other reference point.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Bartlett 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:06 PM
  Subject: not too much badmouthing please


  I got an email from some girl who actually as paid money for an upright piano she says is about 125 years old..........   I don't know WHY she did this, but I somehow expect that "it looked so quaint and like an antique".   She wishes me to actually attempt to tune the thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What have I done to deserve this?   Anyhow, assuming (and I can't even find a comment for that) it is tuneable, can it be brought up to 440, or would one at all costs keep the pitch significantly lower.   I'm praying it will fall off a truck in the move, but fear I might have to face it.  So, without making me pay too much  for this obvious reward of past sins, a bit of help, please?  I'm scared already, and have been blessed not to see it to date...

  les bartlett 
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