1948 cable piano

Dave McKibben davespianotuning@earthlink.net
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 18:32:07 -0800


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Yesterday I came in contact with a 1948 cable piano that has 5 keys that did not work.
After a brief inspection it was obvious........the plastic jacks, & flanges had broken.
The action mechanism in this piano is MOSTLY plastic.

My comments:
It is my gut feeling ( having never seen this plastic mechanism before ) that this piano is "alot of broken parts waiting to happen".
While putting the action into my car for review at home, my thumb accidently put some pressure on the plastic back checks and instantly broke 4 of them.
Also my gut feeling is to tell the customer that putting $$ into this could likely be a losing battle.

My question:
before I tell the customer to look for a different piano............
What is the opinion of the more seasoned experts on this list as to the value of effort to fix this piano and what the future might hold????
Anyone have experience with this type of 'plastic piano' ??

Many thanks in advance
Dave


DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/
858-776-2516
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