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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Charles, it's going to be a hard call =
to put one
time schedule on Chinese pianos, you may see one which needs only tuning =
and a
little lubrication, and the next one is a total basket case and won't =
hardly
play the way it is. For an average, you could probably quote 4 hours and =
come
out on average without losing your shirt.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And let's face it, out of the box, =
you're going to
to doing a pitch adjustment on every single one of them. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a quick prep you should also be =
bedding the
keyframe, easing the balance rail holes ( which believe it or not makes =
a big
difference in the feel of the piano), checking the front rail bushings, =
check
damping, and hope the piano doesn't need a complete overhall in any one
area. Bad dampers come to mind here as one of the biggest pitfalls =
which
can eat your time up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannerman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannerman@aol.com">Piannerman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 31, 2003 =
9:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Touchy subject</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">People,<BR> I am in =
need of
some professional information that some of you can supply and I would =
be
grateful if you will share. I really need to know how much time =
I should
budget to do a dealer prep on a new piano. NOT PRICES, JUST
TIME.<BR> Now before I get any irate answers =
about
different pianos requiring different times, I understand all =
that. These
particular pianos are Chinese and I understand they will require more =
time
than a Yamaha. (At least I've been told
that.)<BR> What I crave is like, what would be =
your
best guess as to how much time would be required to do a dealer prep =
on an
<B>average </B>piano, in <B>average</B> condition, for an =
<B>average</B>
dealer. I know a lot of assumptions will have to be made and I =
apologize
for being so vague but I have not done a dealer prep and am not sure =
what all
you need to do. I am assuming you check all tolerances like =
blow, dip,
letoff, etc. and adjust to spec.<BR>Thanks a bunch,<BR>Charles
Cron<BR> =
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