Herm. N. Peterson Piano

[Arlin Hall]

Austin Texas

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike McCoy [mailto:mjmccoy at usa.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:13 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Herm. N. Peterson Piano


What area of the Country Arlin?

Mike

Arlin Hall wrote:
> I have a lient with a 100 year old Herm. N. Peterson upright that they
want
> to sell.  They were going to have me tune it and sell it locally, only
> wanting to recover the $300 they spent when they bought it from an antique
> shop a while back.  When i arrived to tune it, I found the pin block badly
> broken in the middle range of the piano.  It is impossible to tune as is,
> and they don't want to spend the money to get the pin block replaced.
There
> are also some other minor action issues that you might expect with such an
> old piano.
>
> The case is gorgeous burled wood with boack trim, in very good condition
> really.  The ivory keys are also in good condition.  I am writing to see
if
> anyone out there might be interested in purchasing it for wood, parts, or
> whatever.  I have taken many digital pictures of it that I will be happy
to
> email to anyone who is interested.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arlin Hall
>
>
>