Hello all, I believe that some of you could be interested to know how the grand pianos are treated in the PARIS National music school. Hammers are changed mostly every 5 years, as treble strings. bass strings set when needed new tuning pins. Keyboards bushings 3 to 5 years Major 3 days work every year, sometime every 6 months a full day or more. These are mostly grinds (150) 10 tunings /year. They play 10 hours day (and hard !) And yet, most used pianos are due to new whippen/strings/hammer after 15 years and are sold to buy new ones then. The house is HVAC controlled - was said it was working fine (in our soft climate) I'll receive a description of the refurbishing work to be done if some are interested. But still I believe the technicians work a tad slow when selling their work to the government here ! Best regards. Isaac OLEG Entretien et réparation de pianos. PianoTech 17 rue de Choisy 94400 VITRY sur SEINE FRANCE tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 cell: 06 60 42 58 77
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