Save a few of the parts for her to mount in a picture frame, if sentiment is that overwhelming ... preferably ones which do not attract termites, like an action bracket. John Formsma wrote: > Ha...I read this message an hour ago on my smartphone, but didn't look > at the pictures. Yikes! > > I was going to tell you that one of my lines is, "Anything can be > repaired, but at what cost?" After seeing the photos, maybe I should > instead say, "Just about anything can be repaired...." > > It still could be, but oh the cost! > > There are lots of those little Wurlies around here. If she wants to > arrange for freight, I can get you a similar brown one probably in a > couple of weeks. :-) > > -- > John Formsma, RPT > Blue Mountain, MS > > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:33 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com > <mailto:tnrwim at aol.com>> wrote: > > In case anyone gets too serious about this. I said, "did I do the > right thing", with tongue firmly implanted. > > Wim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tnrwim <tnrwim at aol.com <mailto:tnrwim at aol.com>> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>> > Sent: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 12:54 pm > Subject: [pianotech] Can you fix it? > > I got a call from a lady saying her son dropped her piano while > moving it off the porch. The sides are a little damaged, and some > notes don't play, and there might be a broken string. She's had it > since she was a child, and has lots sentimental value, so please > come and fix it. > > When I got to the house, the piano was sitting outside, under a > tarp. When I told her husband that the piano was toast, he had the > nerve, or maybe it was the stupidity, to ask what it is worth. He > said, "all the keys are still there, and there's a little termite > damage, but can't you fix it?" > > Did I do the right thing by telling him I couldn't fix it. Anyone > want a 1950's' Wurlitzer spinet, with all the keys, but a "little > case damage"? > > Wim > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120620/429dc795/attachment.htm>
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