<style>  </style><font face="arial" size="2">She did say that they just moved it from an old house that had a roof leak.  It is suprising to me that the case does not show any signs of water damage.  I'm nervous about doing the work for her because I have not attempted anything quite this large before.  It doesn't seem to have any sentimental value to her, she just said she like to keep old things rather than replace them.   <br /><br />I'd like to try the repair just for my own experience but I don't want to offer her any promises or guarentees.  I'd rather underpromise and overdeliver.  <br /><br />Maybe I'll send my upright over as a loaner with an "option to buy" if the repairs don't work out.  That way she's a satisfied customer either way and I gain a great experience without the pressure.  I'll talk to her.  She seems very open to options.  <br /><br />Joey<br /><br /></font><font face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif" size="2"> <hr align="center" width="100%" size="2" /> <b>From</b>: "Dean May" <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com><br /><b>Sent</b>: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:35 AM<br /><b>To</b>: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech@ptg.org><br /><b>Subject</b>: RE: Just needs a little tuning!</font><br /><br /> <div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Joey, don’t let the naysayers on the list dissuade you from doing the job. It may be this piano has emotional value for the customer that exceeds its intrinsic value. There is nothing wrong with doing this job. You’ll get good experience, make money and make your customer happy. It’s all good.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You should heed Conrad’s warning about structural problems. Strings only break at the bottom like that because of standing in water, or really high moisture. Even you don’t see any separations you might consider pulling plate screws at the top and bottom and running machine screws all the way through with nuts on the back side. If you counterbore the back side with a wide spade bit the bolt end and nut will be somewhat hidden. It also works well to use Goop to glue on a 1/2" PVC plastic pipe cap. The cap hides the bolt and nut and gives a nice finished appearance.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <div> <p class="MsoAutoSig"><b><font face="Bradley Hand ITC" color="navy" size="6"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bradley Hand ITC'">Dean</span></font></b><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font></p> <p class="MsoAutoSig" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /><u1:PersonName u2:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font face="Times New Roman" color="navy" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Dean May</span></font></st1:PersonName></u1:PersonName><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">             cell 812.239.3359 </span></font></p> <p class="MsoAutoSig" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="navy" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 </span></font></p> <p class="MsoAutoSig" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font face="Times New Roman" color="navy" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Terre Haute</span></font></st1:City><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy"></u1:City> <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</u1:State></st1:State>  <u1:PostalCode u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</u1:PostalCode></st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place></u1:place></p></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <hr tabindex="" align="center" width="100%" size="2" /> </span></font></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Joey Recker<br /><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 08, 2007 5:23 AM<br /><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName>'<br /><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Just needs a little tuning!</span></font></p></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Mamma said there be days like this."</span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This morning I woke up to a terrible rain storm.  My first piano of the day was a new customer only 10 miles away who told me she had an upright piano that just needed a "tuning".</span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I arrived to find a 1975 Henry F. Miller Spinet.  It didn't look too bad from the outside.  Then I opened it up.  the felt on every single hammer is seperating from the hammers.  I counted 24 bass strings broken, and 26 treble strings.</span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I showed her what it looked like on the inside and she asked me if it was worth fixing.  I told her that she was the only one who could decide that.  I gave her a price for re-stringing, and replacing all the hammers and a good cleaning.  I explained to her what a comperable piano would cost her to purchase new and used.  I bid the job high enough (but fair for the amount of work that needs to be done) and figured that no sane person would want to put that kind of money into this piano.  She wants it fixed!   </span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font> </p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I usually just lurk here and glean all the knowlege I can from you fine folks, but my new year's resolution is to participate more in the list.  I thought this gem of a piano was worth sharing.  I'm just glad all it needed was a good tuning!  I don't think I could stand it if it needed some serious work done!</span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font> </p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Joey</span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On Key Piano</span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Plains, GA</span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></p></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><a href="http://www.livingwaters.com/learn/" target="_blank"></a></span></font></p></div><br />