This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I know. We've all seen 'em. But I still am dumbfounded each time I run = across a really bad one like the following: Went to tune a 90-year-old Schubert microgrand today. Lady said it was = hard to control the action. I told her it was because her action had 90 = years worth of wear (except for new keytops) and was way out of = regulation- likely never regulated. Brought it to my shop today for a = full action regulation and refurbishing. The piano had been recently refinished (no grain filling, no rub-out), = restrung (no bridge work, coils half-inch above plate, coils not tight, = etc.) and most damper felts replaced (several were orginals or used, a = couple flat felts in bass, lengths very irregular, etc). Original = pinblock, no bridge work, action completely original and never regulated = (key leveling looked like I-75 going into the foothills of the = Appalacian Mountains), keypins are severely rusted - key bushings are = toast. Lady told me the piano had been "completely rebuilt" 8 years ago. It had = been subject to some water damage and their insurance paid for the = "complete rebuild". And she thought it was a good deal because the = rebuilder said the replacement value was $14,000 and he was only = charging $9,000 for the rebuild. Before she told me those fees, she = asked me what had been done to the piano (after I told her the action = was all original) and what I would have charged for the work that had = been done. I told her it had been refinished, restrung and new keytops = installed - that's all - and that if I were to do those tasks as had = been done, I would charge about $3,500. She appeared somewhat = shell-shocked. What a ripoff. Sad. Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c6/90/a1/c7/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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