[pianotech] I don't think this is a factory approved installation...

[John Formsma]

That is really pathetic!

I bet it was done by someone who "has years of experience."

-- 
John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS



On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I came across this while doing an evaluation today. Photo attached. The
> customer received this piano as payment for some other work they did for
> the selling party. The new owners complained that the pedals weren't
> working right, etc. This is a 1904 Schaeffer (Chicago) Upright. The middle
> pedal lever arm is missing, and a broken 1" dowel rod was laying in the
> bottom of the piano.
>
> I wish I'd taken photos of the 4-5 replacement hammers with new shanks,
> too.  It looks like the tooner stuck the hammers on the shanks and put a
> blob of glue on top.  No collar of glue underneath, just a blob on top.
>  Then, since the tooner didn't have a saw, it appears as if he just broke
> off the excess shank with his bare hands. Broken and splintered shank
> sticking out of the glue blob about 3/8" above the back of the hammer...
>  :-)
>
> Enjoy! By the way, this wasn't nearly as much fun as pulling 73 pennies
> out from underneath the keys on a 1966 Wurlitzer spinet yesterday...  ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob McCall
>
> McCall Piano Service, LLC
> www.mccallpiano.com
> Murrieta, CA
> 951-698-1875
>
>
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