[CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation

[Ed Sutton]

Jeff-

In my experience, it almost always takes longer to do approximately
equivalent work on uprights.
Just to remove hammers, shanks and butts also involves installing the
action in a cradle, pulling the bridle tapes, probably removing the hammer
rest rail, and finally digging for the screws in the action.  Etc., etc.

I recently did an extensive rebuild of an old upright, new springs, new
cushions, new butts shanks and hammers, new damper levers.  I'm not in a
hurry to repeat the job.

Plus, a dismantled upright action takes 2-3 times more storage space than a
grand.

Is this the kind of answer you were looking for? Hope it helps.

Ed Sutton




> [Original Message]
> From: Jeff Olson <jlolson@cal.net>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 4/9/2005 9:39:55 PM
> Subject: [CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation
>
> No need to name specific prices -- which would doubtless violate some 
> obscure anti-trust law -- I'm just interested in what people here think
the 
> "basic" price differential should be between installing grand and upright 
> hammers, based on the respective labor typically necessary for the two 
> (apart from the obvious purchase differential).
>
> After all these years, the question struck me with sudden force when I 
> happened to undertake simultaneously three hammer hanging projects of 
> each -- hammering home, so to speak, the relative difference in effort 
> required.
>
> Best,
>
> JeffO
>
>
>
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