[pianotech] Rebuilding old players

[Duaine Hechler]

On 01/03/2013 10:14 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> By the way what does it cost to make an old player functional again. Disregarding the piano part of course. I used to 
> know but I have almost zero inquiries about this any more.  I have  a good friend that has done it locally for approx 
> 45 years but he says the market is dead. I assume its not only the economy but the fact that the Piano -disc, QRS, 
> Live performance machines are more user friendly and the music library is massive.
>    Dale
>
> *Dale Erwin R.P.T.
> Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
> **
> *
>
> On 1/2/2013 11:36 PM, Joe DeFazio wrote:
>
> > Joe, let me guess:  after the customer tells yo*_u"it only has a few
> > leaks," you give them the price for the total player rebuild._*   Is that it?
>
> That's very likely what it needs.
> Ron N
So far, I am booked up to 2015. (I say, so far, because who knows about the economy and/or people changing their minds)

I had one back out from last year that - was - scheduled for this year. Unfortunately, the couple - never - officially - 
canceled. That was a seek-and-find player action with rebuild as well as major piano rebuild - new hammers, dampers, 
strings and pins - around $15,000 + they were going to have to get the cabinet refinished.

Duaine

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