Sort of like those stickers, "Made in America by American Craftsmen!" right???  Nice way to ruin old names of great old pianos!! Paul <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td>From: <td>John Formsma <formsma@gmail.com> <tr valign=top> <td>To: <td>pianotech@ptg.org <tr valign=top> <td>Date: <td>11/10/2011 03:05 PM <tr valign=top> <td>Subject: <td>Re: [pianotech] I don't think this is a factory approved        installation...</table> <hr noshade> 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 <<a href=mailto:rob@mccallpiano.com>rob@mccallpiano.com</a>> 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 <a href=http://www.mccallpiano.com/ target=_blank>www.mccallpiano.com</a> Murrieta, CA <a href="tel:951-698-1875" target=_blank>951-698-1875</a> <img src=cid:_2_3C84F2943C84F00C0074369C86257944>