[pianotech] Young Chang U111 eval

[Dean May]

It appears that piano has been in a fire and seen some pretty serious heat
and water. I would recommend dumpstering it. 

 

Dean

Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text 

PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        

Terre Haute IN 47802

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of paul bruesch
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 4:17 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: [pianotech] Young Chang U111 eval

 

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

 

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