I just tried to post these photos with some questions on the my.ptg forum. I got the photos up just fine, but there's no obvious way to attach them to a post, so I deleted them. Rrrrrrrr.... Anyhow, I went to evaluate this Young Chang U111 (serial number 0033580 = 1982 mfg) today. My customer is considering purchasing it. The case is rough. The front edge of the top lid is black-painted exposed plywood, and the tops of the arms (sorry, no photos) are similarly hideous. The fifth photo (417) is the underside of the top lid folded back. The current sellers purchased the piano in this condition about 8 years ago, and their three children all learned to play on it. It has not been tuned for approximately three years. It is uniformly about 80¢ flat. The hammers clearly need shaping, which I think (?) may bring up the tone in general... currently it's rather mellow, and there are a handful of notes that are more mellow than the others. As you can see in the third and fourth photos (412 and 414) there's a stain on each damper block, as well as many of the damper felts. I think the cause of this is pretty evident, but I'd like reactions from the list as to the cause, as well as any effect I should expect further down the road... keeping in mind that it's served the current family reasonably well for eight years. Oh, and the price is right. Point of curiosity... in my second photo (411), you can see that the top edges of some hammers are chamfered. Any rationale why only some would get this treatment and not all? Thanks much Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120813/f57a7262/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010410.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 179242 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120813/f57a7262/attachment-0006.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010411.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 175731 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120813/f57a7262/attachment-0007.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010412.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 177517 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120813/f57a7262/attachment-0008.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010414.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 178696 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120813/f57a7262/attachment-0009.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010417.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 116619 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120813/f57a7262/attachment-0010.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010423.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 185053 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120813/f57a7262/attachment-0011.jpeg>
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