Consider......would you tune this or walk away. Baby grand no name piano, delivered 2 weeks ago. "rebuilt" by someone out of town, a "good deal" 1) 1.25 coils on many pins, nothing more then 2 coils coil(s)spread and messy, beckets not in pins, and pulling well out of their holes on some. 2) No string braid anywhere at all, audible ringing. 3) Hammer tails NOT shaped at all. 76 grams downweight, 34 grams upweight. Tails rubbing together at back causing some sticking hammers. 4) New key caps not filed edges at all. Some sharps binding on white caps, sticking. 5) String spacing not even close, 1mm between some strings, 4 mm between others. 6) Hammers do not even strike some strings 7) Very hard key bushings, Key pins turned 45 degrees to stop rattle. 8) New damper felt, No tricord at all, low tenor sings. 9) New pinblock rough cut and epoxied in, 1 cm gap filled in places. OH YES.....And the refinishing job is ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL. I walked away. Felt strange to be standing in front of a beautiful walnut instrument with all that new shiny string, and new hammers, sparkling, just delivered, and not be able to tune it. Client says, "just tune it, its good enough for me." I tried tuning it for 15 min, but am sure the beckets are pulling out. Strings not rendering, ringing, missed strings. The pinblock bottom is not quite perfectly level. Feels like a gentle small bump over 16 inches or so. I wonder if he used a pinblock support. Told the client to ask him if he did use a pinblock support before saying anything else. If he says "a what" he has an even bigger problem. Sorry...but.... Grrrrrrrrrrrr Dave Renaud RPT, Ottawa, Canada ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
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