Refinishing fiasco (story)

[Lawsonic Pianoforte Services]

Hi, heard of a similar one just recently with a grand - the person repairs
motprbikes so loves to strip them down, took same approach with the piano
though going further and taking off the strings, one by one - with a socket
set!
Apparently frame (plate) ok but I did not wish to hear more other than to
get the address so as to avoid it.

Brian



> There are more, but this will be the last one. (Altogether now... H u r r
a y!)
> 
> The call was from a prospective client. The husband had decided to
refinish
> the piano himself. We all know the routine, but this one has a new twist.
> Instead of sealing the piano shut with paint, this owner was a
> perfectionist. He had meticulously removed the various components. While
on
> a roll, he decided that the internal parts could also stand some
> "individual attention".
> 
> The semi-accurate phrasing from the phone call: "You shouldn't have any
> problems. My husband has already done the hard part. All the action parts
> are removed from that long wooden thing, and are cleaned and sorted in
> separate boxes by like kind. Everything is stored in the hall closet,
> waiting for you to put them back on. He even sorted those little round
> paper things into separate containers."
> 
> Had I not already seen this before, I would have agreed to a service
call,
> just for the experience. Instead, I suddenly became "too busy" at that
moment.
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Harvey, RPT
> Greenwood, SC
> harvey@greenwood.net
> ________________________
> Greenwood (n): the largest city in South Carolina WITHOUT an Interstate
>