Hi Tom, Is it still a Steinway? <:)(( Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@comcast.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 11:14 AM Subject: oh the horror!--Rosewood Steinway upright-restyled ! > Dear list, > > I was called to evaluate a Steinway upright yesterday. > > To my horror this piano (1890) rosewood case had been > "Restyled"---1950's style---You know, the usual chopped off upper front > panel with mirror treatment on top. > > Action parts and brackets-rails-capo etc sprayed with gold paint .Crappy > plastic keytops with overzealous sanding on the sides, leaving gaping > spaces between the keys. > > All this was certainly bad enough, but here's the worst--- > The "tech" had drilled a series of quarter inch holes across the top of > the plate above the tuning pins and broke off approximately the top inch > of the plate. Only a few of the plate bolts remain on top with the only > pin block screws seemingly holding this thing together. All this to > lower the piano one inch! I'll bet it looked horrible at 50" and just > great @ 49" > > Surprisingly the piano was @ pitch and fairly even and I've > contracted to do a minimum of service with caveats galore concerning the > plate issue. > > Put this one under the thought I've seen everything > category. > > Tom---can't believe it--- Driscoll RPT > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign.
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