I had a customer ask about refinishing a beautiful old upright and I advised them that I could- but I would suggest that the piano be checked over before to ensure it was tunable. They accused me of just trying to make the job bigger, so I declined the refinishing job. Six months later I got a call from the customer, forgetting she had called before. I went out to check whatever the problem was. The piano was horribly out of tune, so I opened it up and found a shattered plate, splits in the soundboard big enough to stick my hand through and a completely worn out action - but a beautiful $4000.00 finish. I informed her that she had a beautiful carpet stretcher. Steve Grattan Lost Chord Clinic ________________________________ From: John Ross <jrpiano at bellaliant.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Fri, January 4, 2013 10:18:31 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] "interesting" pianos How about those that have the piano professionally refinished, before they have it even tuned. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 2013-01-04, at 10:13 AM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> wrote: Those who care more about how the piano looks than how it plays are generally those who don’t play it. I have plenty of customers who care more how it plays and sounds than how it looks. They are the ones who actually play it, as one would expect. > >David Love >www.davidlovepianos.com > >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Euphonious Thumpe >Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 12:17 AM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] "interesting" pianos > >And isn't it curious that many owners will put more into how a piano looks than >how it plays??? > > >Thumpe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130104/be4e5cca/attachment.htm>
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