[pianotech] Old upright

[Bill Miller]

Question from a longtime piano player who's not a tech:
How do you replace the pin block in a vertical piano?? (I thought it wasn't 
feasible...)
thanks, Bill Miller, Norfolk VA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Deutschle" <oaronshoulder at gmail.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Old upright


I'd love to see the pictures!

Maybe you could answer a few questions. It seems that the achilles
heel for old uprights is loss of downbearing at the treble break. Do
you have a protocol for dealing with this? Also, I've been keeping my
eye out for any brands that do not have a deep notch (deeper than the
cap), or even no notch at all, for the treble break strut. Have you
noticed any?

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Chuck Behm <behmpiano at gmail.com> wrote:
> In our shop, we regularly restore old uprights for prices ranging from
> $5,000 - 7500, so I agree with Dean in thinking Duaine's price is not out 
> in
> left field (at least, here in rural Iowa, it wouldn't be). For the above
> price range, we put on a 3 coat polyurethane finish, repin and restring 
> (and
> sometimes replace the pinblock), repair the soundboard, shape or replace
> hammers, put on new keytops, repair and regulate the action, etc.
>
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