Is it worth saving? (was Pinblock CA after Dope?)

[Robin Stevens]

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 Geoff..I tune a lot of Over damper pianos that in my opinion should be
trashed, but there are many more factors other than the pianos sound and
ease of playing. =0D
Many of these pianos were given as Wedding presents. Given to young girls=
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a reward for not attending school and staying home to help raise the 12
brothers and sisters. Some are kept because they do actually like the sou=
nd
these old bangers produce.=0D
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Who are we to impose our standards as tuners to what a piano should sound
and play like.=0D
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The world would be a boring place if we all owned U1 pianos=0D
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Regards=0D
Robin Stevens ARPT=0D
South Australia=0D
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From: Geoff Sykes=0D
Date: 02/06/06 06:53:58=0D
To: 'Pianotech List'=0D
Subject: Is it worth saving? (was Pinblock CA after Dope?)=0D
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I have one customer with a piano that I plan on doing a CA treatment to. =
A
gorgous overdamper in really good shape that I have talked about in previ=
ous
posts. I have learned a lot from this list on how to go about that proced=
ure
 But after reading many of the posts on this topic, and thinking about th=
e
majority of pianos I have come across with loose tuning pins, I have to a=
sk
how often does anyone on this list actually come across a piano with loos=
e
pins that is really worth a CA treatment? My experience is that most of t=
hem
are not worth saving in the first place in that even after the pins are
tight the piano is still going to be junk. In situations like this I
frequently suggest to the costomer that the money spent on this kind of w=
ork
would be better spent on a replacement piano. Of course that call is
ultimately up to the piano owner, but I'm just curious as to your thought=
s.=0D
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-- Geoff Sykes=0D
-- Assoc. Los Angeles=0D
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