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This really comes down to a complete survey, pricing of work,
prioritizing work, and the resulting customer's budget. <br><br>
Stopgap measures that work OK are to treat the loose tuning and bridge
pins with ultra-thin CA glue. Epoxy can be used on the bass bridge,
depending on the extent of the damage it may be better to replace,
photos?<br><br>
Btw,<br>
Do adequately prepare before using CA glue, safety and durned
everything-stuck-together issues to be prevented. ;-)<br><br>
Good luck,<br>
Andrew<br><br>
At 10:54 AM 10/13/2005, you wrote:<br>
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you in advance for your replies. I have a new client with an old
John Wanamaker grand piano. It was her childhood piano and her
mother recently passed away. She does not have the money to restore
the piano but would like to keep it and play it for sentimental
reasons. The pins were loose in some sections, many of the
bass strings had no tone and, with a flashlight in the poorly lit room, I
saw a number of cracks on the bass bridge. The bridge pins did not
appear to be loose. I am able to give the client her options in terms of
the action work needed, the choices for repairing/replacing the pin
block, stringing options, regulation choices. I need help with the
options and prices for repairing/replacing the bass bridge and perhaps
the treble bridge and the other parallel work necessary as a
result. Also, I was trying to find the exact age! from the
serial number 24745, but could only find that John Wanamaker was
affiliated with Schomacker Piano Co. There was no info on serial
#'s for this company. If the serial #'s are under the same system as the
Schomacker Piano Co. (which I would think they are) then the piano <br>
dates somewhere betwee 1885 and 1890. The client thought it was
more like 1930s. Any ideas from this list? <br><br>
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