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From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler@att.net><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 10:33 am<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Rebuilding old players<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>On 01/03/2013 10:14 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> By the way what does it cost to make an old player functional again.
Disregarding the piano part of course. I used to
> know but I have almost zero inquiries about this any more. I have a good
friend that has done it locally for approx
> 45 years but he says the market is dead. I assume its not only the economy but
the fact that the Piano -disc, QRS,
> Live performance machines are more user friendly and the music library is
massive.
> Dale
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> *Dale Erwin R.P.T.
> Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
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> On 1/2/2013 11:36 PM, Joe DeFazio wrote:
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> > Joe, let me guess: after the customer tells yo*_u"it only has a few
> > leaks," you give them the price for the total player rebuild._* Is that
it?
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> That's very likely what it needs.
> Ron N
So far, I am booked up to 2015. (I say, so far, because who knows about the
economy and/or people changing their minds)
I had one back out from last year that - was - scheduled for this year.
Unfortunately, the couple - never - officially -
canceled. That was a seek-and-find player action with rebuild as well as major
piano rebuild - new hammers, dampers,
strings and pins - around $15,000 + they were going to have to get the cabinet
refinished.
Duaine
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Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
(314) 838-5587 / <a href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a> / <a href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com" target="_blank">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a>
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