1. Yes 2. Dress the capo, 1 hour; replace the agraffes, 1 hour; Restring, 10 hours; but what about teardown with all the measurements, measure bass strings and order; replace plate bushings, replace agraffes, are you going to pull the plate?, clean the plate?, refinish the plate?, refinish the soundboard?, mess with the bearing? You'll be removing the dampers are you going to rebuild the damper system?, replace the damper felt?, rebush the guide rail? How long does it take to stabilize the tuning before you send it back out? What about the action? You'll at least have to file the hammers so you can fit them to the strings and voice the piano properly. Are you going to do this on site or move the piano to your shop. And don't forget everything else that I can't think of in this format that makes the job complete. 3. Probably not. You have to make sure the shape is correct. 4. Enough to make sure you can do a job that you are satisfied with. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:26 PM To: PTG Subject: [pianotech] hours and costs to restring a Yamaha G2 Hi, A local client has asked me for a quote on restringing a rather ancient Yamaha G2. The pin block is ok--but oversize pins will be needed. It is starting to break strings at the capo bar in the mid treble. I have four questions. 1. Might this piano benefit from rescaling? (Bridges are good and would not be moved)? 2. How many hours are required to dress the capo bar, repin and restring? 3. Will "shoe shining" the pressure bar be good enough? 4. How much would you charge for such a job? Thanks in advance. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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