[pianotech] Too Many Uprights

[Farrell]

OK, maybe I'll bust 'em up. It will have to wait a few minutes.....or a few hours. Right now though, I'm going to vote again (Chicago rules) - polls are still open in Florida! Hey, was that Jimmy Carter I saw standing at the poll door yesterday - I thought he was in Haiti monitoring elections?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com>
To: "Open Forum for Piano Technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:20 AM
Subject: RE: [pianotech] Too Many Uprights


> Terry,
> 
> The only real options are either 3 or 4. First, only cars should be stored
> on blocks. Living in the South, you ought to know better. ;-) Second, if you
> did rebuild them, it is unlikely you would get a good return on your
> rebuilding investment. Third, you already have the Steinway and M&H
> uprights. Those have better potential for resale. Work on those, and clear
> up the room in your shop. You'll be glad you did. :-)
> 
> BOUs (big old uprights) have lots of good wood in them. Screws, etc.  Save
> some action parts in case you ever need one 5 years down the road (unlikely,
> but you never know). Save the action rails if you want to. Some of them will
> come in handy. (Why, just last week I used one to for a 13/16" spacer to
> fill a gap. It was already the width I needed and I didn't have to plane it
> or anything!) Sell the plates for scrap iron, etc.
> 
> Go, Terry, go! You can do it.
> 
> John M. Formsma
> Blue Mountain, MS
> PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter
> 
> mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com
> 
> 
> #1) store them in a hot, humid, mousy garage (in Florida, garage floods on
> occasion, but I can put them up on blocks),
> 
> #2) rent a storage garage (arggggggg - no way - $$$$$),
> 
> #3) give them away (but they don't really play - I can't do that),
> 
> #4) bust 'em up (lot's of good nuts and bolts and screws - and I can cut up
> and play with the spruce from the soundboard - and the bass strings are lots
> of fun to do target practice with by setting up a target on the other side
> of the shop) - but gosh, this option seems criminal.
> 
> What should I do with the two no-name uprights? Vote for #1 through #4. Any
> other constructive ideas will be appreciated, and non-constructive ideas are
> OK too (just nothing anatomically compromising), as we all need an outlet.
> Thanks.
> 
> Anyone want a couple free quality uprights for rebuilding (both 1890s with
> very nice cases)???
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> 
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