Unstable pianos

[Willem Blees]

Alan



Wurlitizers have a habit of the back frame coming loose from the pinblock/plate frame. You can spot this when the veneer that covers the top of the piano splits. But sometimes the veneer is not attached to the top, but the front still separates from the back. One way to check this is to tap the veneer from the bass end to the treble. If it is loose, you'll hear it. Pry the veneer loose, and see if there is a crack. You can fix this, (we've discussed the repair on this list several times). but I'm not sure it it's worth it. 



Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Barnard <pianotuner at embarqmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:28 pm
Subject: Unstable pianos



I've got a little Wurly spinet in the shop, here, vintage 50's. The block seems sound--it was a little soft so I gave it a dose of CA. I find no problems with the case, the plate, the soundboard, or anything else "physically" wrong with the piano.

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Yet it is the worst piano I've ever encountered vis-a-vis holding a tune. Not that it sounds real great when IN tune, mind you, but I'd like to get a few bucks for it and can't, in good conscience sell it this way--even if my scruples didn't bother me, I sure don't?want this piano haunting me as it surely will if I sell it locally.

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Any ideas on other things to look at or do, here? 

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Alan Barnard
Salem, MO


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