Todd She probably saw 1865 as?one of the patent dates?and presumed it to be the year the piano was made.?Be sure to tell her you?charge $XX for an estimate and appraisal. That usually discourages them from getting any work done. You should also explain that if indeed the piano was made in 1865, the?parts and glue joints are?too brittle to work on, and that in order to make the piano play, you might need to replace some of the broken parts with new ones.? Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 5:52 am Subject: [pianotech] Civil war era piano I just got an e-mail from someone wanting piano work done on their 1865 Emerson upright. ? She states the piano needs some work, and also says she wants to keep all the original parts. ? According to Reblitz, this piano?is classified as an antique. ? My first call?would be to set up an appointment to actually look at the PSO....err, I mean piano. TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090402/6af1e93e/attachment-0001.html>
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