Hey there, I was working for Roger Gable in Everett about 10 years ago and we rebuilt one of these things. It's a lot more work than a "normal" action. Those double flanges are tricky. I don't know what he charged the customer, but add in about 20-30% more time. We also restrung it after re-capping the bridge. The old bridge crumbled when we pulled out the old pins. It ended up being a pretty good piano and I like it much more than 1098's. I think you'll like the end result. Paul "Prof. Euphonious Thump" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 02/14/2008 11:00 PM Please respond to Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> To Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> cc Subject What would you charge to repace a 1911 Steinway upright action and regulate ??? Dear Everybody, I've never replaced one of these double-flange actions, and fully regulated it, and wonder what's the "going rate" for this work. ( Using Tokiwa butts and wippens, Ronsen Wurzen hammers. ) I'm also curious what y'all would charge to restring one of these K-52's ??? ( with Larudee lo-torque pins, Arlege bass strings & MapesIGS wire. ) The pinblock board and bridges are astonishingly well preserved, so I'll leave them, but would also like some suggestions for "livening" the first note after the tenor/low treble break ( A pretty "thunky" note on this piano, even though the bridge is not cut out at all for the plate strut to pass over. ) Thanks! G ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080215/230403f5/attachment-0001.html
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