[pianotech] New topic...Robert Bennett London piano

[David Ilvedson]

What can we say?   Many of us did our best on these in our early years.   You might as well go through that Hell also...plate of some sort?   Will it go to A440?   Be sure to spend a lot of time on disclaimers...strings will probably break.   

You said you went to look at this piano today.   That was a service call?   A freebie?  I will sometimes get a call asking me to come by and give me an estimate.   I tell them I can evaluate the piano while I'm tuning and worse case scenario a condemnation fee for my time to give them the bad news...

You should start carrying a camera for these interesting pianos.   It is fun to see what we are running into or from...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Marc Mailhot" <mailhot0405 at yahoo.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/26/2010 4:29:02 PM
Subject: [pianotech] New topic...Robert Bennett London piano


>Hi everyone. Got a good one for you all...
> 
>Went to look at a piano today that was moved here to the States from Germany 
>some time ago...and then moved here to Maine from New York State.
> 
>Going to research this piano but was apparently made in London by Robert Bennett. 
>Have the S/N too and will check into that.  Also...interesting appears to be a 
>"birdcage" type action...1st one I've ever seen in person. Piano is an upright.  Also 
>has not been tuned in at least 20 years and pins and strings seem OK but it's going 
>to need at least 2 pitch raises before a proper tune because it's at least 150% 
>flat...i.e...the C sounds more like B or even A...gotta be very careful on this.  
>Also...customer does not want it tuned until Fall.The Case is OK and trapwork seems 
>OK but the loud pedal lifts a board under the hammers to sustain the notes...and of 
>course the entire inside needs to be cleaned. Damndest action I've ever seen.  Told 
>the customer to save some $$ and gently clean this herself with a soft vacuum 
>brush tool.
> 
>Looking for suggestions how to handle this and general comments on this one.  
>And...thanks in advance.
> 
>Marc P. Mailhot
>Marco Polo Music
>Westbrook, Maine USA

>The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make...

>The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969

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