Marshall, I am recommending people not do anything with old uprights. I no longer tune them, having built up a database that at present allows me to work on other pianos. My experience with old uprights is that they require more work than tuning. That "more work" ends up being personally unsatisfying because there is so much more work that should be done before tuning, and the customer is unwillling or unable to pay (and I don't recommend any work except full restoration which never gets a taker). Things like adjusting 1/4" or more of lost motion, backchecks, etc. Not to mention hard hammers and deteriorated everything that make tuning difficult. John Formsma On 5/24/07, pianotune05 at comcast.net <pianotune05 at comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Someone e-mailed me who wants to sell an old piano. It's a Baurer manufactured in Chicago. I'm told that the piano is in pretty good shape with one key not working. I'd have to check it out to get an actual look at it. I'm wondering first, does this person have a chance at selling this old piano. She thinks it's a 100 year old piano. I asked her to provide the serial number, but she has not as of yet. Are these pianos worth rebuilding? If so, is there anyone out there in my area, Chicago interested in an old piano for this type of project? What can I do to help her sell the piano as in the role of a piano broker? If its a hopeless case, what should I tell her. Thanks. > Marshall > Villa Park, IL >
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