Brian, In short, I'd say yes, it's still a pig. Chances are it's probably about a 5 footer, yes? You're not going to get "big, rich sound" out of a 5 foot anything. You can get a "bigger, richer sound" than what it currently has, but certainly you'd need to be cautious about promising too much. If you did a $40K redesign/rebuild, you might make even that piano sound pretty good, but why? If it were a 6 footer or so, maybe some hope and worth improving. Just my opinion. William R. Monroe I have a client who, several years ago, bought a 1920's Wurli Grand off of e-bay. I have been working on it regularly, tuning every 6 months so it is now up to A440. I have also reshaped the hammers. There are a couple slight cracks in the soundboard. The keys are "sloppy" compared to status of what they should be. I am sure that many of you have run into a similar instrument. The client now wants to talk about what can be done to bring back the "big, rich sound" of a grand. She wants to discuss string replacement as a way of getting her "grand sound". Is this even worthwhile? I am afraid of doing the restringing only to have the sound fall short of what the client wants. Should I consider the saying "Even if you put a dress and make-up on a pig.it's still a pig."? Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee) R.P.T. (Registered Piano Technician) AAA Piano Works, Inc. Piano Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults 260.417.1298 260.432.2043 www.aaapianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071012/52698545/attachment.html
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