[pianotech] Hermann Mayr

[Rob McCall]

Thanks, David...

Since they were less than a mile away from my house I stopped by there this afternoon and took a look at it.  It was a Chinese knockoff circa 1980's.  They must have just reused the name. It wasn't pretty.  The cabinet was very nice, however, that was all. Really poor craftsmanship on the inside, sticking keys everywhere, loose tuning pins, etc.  It had a previous mouse problem which was cleaned up, but lots of felt was missing throughout, key height was all over the place, hammers had some black residue all over the tops, etc.  They are opting to look elsewhere.  The money they would have to put into it to make it playable was just not worth it.

I'll keep in mind the email option.  That's not a bad idea.

Thanks again,

Rob


On Jun 08, 2011, at 15:49 , David Stocker wrote:

> In such a case, a name and a serial number aren't as helpful as a couple of digital pictures sent to your email inbox.
> 
> In most of my phone conversations about an older piano, I ask for some photos of the outside and inside. I have decided not to charge for looking at pictures and responding by email or phone. Caveats about lack of hands-on accuracy are given, but after a few thousand pianos, I can tell a lot from a couple of pics.
> 
> David Stocker, RPT
> Tumwater, WA