I inspected a Yamaha 44" console made in 1971. According to the Yamaha website, this instrument was not manufactured for the US market. It spent the last 4 years here in the SW corner of Colorado. Prior to that it was in Florida. I took out the heating rod, which was thankfully unplugged. How long it has been in the piano is anyone's guess. There was a stencil on the back stating "Completely conditioned for Florida- Hale Piano & Organ Company". Zehme Piano Service, RPT last serviced the piano in 1994. Owners have not had the piano tuned in several years. Piano is in good condition needing the following, regulation, including moderate hammer shaping and key leveling. Strings good- no rust, dampers good. Bass bridge good, upper treble has a suspect glue line. It appears a little wide, but I could not get a needle nose tweezer to catch crossing the glue line. The soundboard has 3-4" and one 16" hair line cracks. No buzzing or other sounds, ribs firmly attached. The butt string cord is broken (cut?) on every hammer butt. The action is a little sluggish, but that could be due to needing regulation. Any estimate on how long it would take to replace the cord? Should I replce the cord? Owner wants to sell. Any idea as to the value of the piano as is? What concerns should a buyer have with this grey market piano? Thanks, Chip Tuthill Tuthill Piano Service Associate Member PTG -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101113/a6149dc0/attachment.htm>
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