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<DIV>Good people,</DIV>
<DIV>I'm hopeing someone can giv my novice behind some advice. Yesterday I
went to service a piano for a new customer. I was told it was an old
Upright from the STAR PIANO COMPANY. Whin I arrived (got the Library of
Congress off the top of the damn thing) opened her up to hav a look, or in my
case a feel. The first thing I saw was the hammer felt was split on
probably half of the hammers. On some it had separated from the
molding. I madee decision the piano could not be properly voiced.
The next thing was the strings. They were corroded with rust. So I
was afraid to bring the piano up to pitch. The last thing was the tuning
pins, they were so loose I could not believe it. I made statements to the
man of the house about all of these problems. He told me "do the best you
can with it" So, I tuned. Was the tuning good? No way!
But it was better than what they had. I tuned the temperament three
times. It seemed the piano was just going flat each time. After
about 2 hours I stood up and said, this is all I can do with it. You might
want to think about a new piano. Yes yes we are he tells me. We know
this one is about gone. I tell the old boy, theirs no about to it.
It is! I collected my money, and out the door I went. I left my card
with them, and stated to giv me a call if they needed anyone to help them find a
new piano, or someone to look at a piano for them. After getting home some
8 hours later I got a call from the man of the house. He told me that now
the piano sounded worse than it did before it was tuned. What do you all
think of that? Should I go back and try it again free of charge?
Should I forget about it? I should have never taken the job in the first
place right? Well I have a driver to pay, I came 25 miles out of my way, I
have told them i just dont know how this will work out. The piano has a
lot of problems. So I did the job... And now... </DIV>
<DIV>Shawn Brock<BR>Cincinnati Sound Lab<BR>130 East Sixth Street<BR>Cincinnati
Oh.<BR>45202<BR>Phone: 513-349-8541<BR>Web Site:<BR><A
href="http://www.cincysoundlab.com">www.cincysoundlab.com</A></DIV></BODY></HTML>