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Barrie

I will re post this on the Blind piano tuners list can you PM your contact details

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When I started at 21, my projected retirement age was 60. Then it moved to 65. Now I'm 57, retirement is supposed to be 67. By the time I'm 67 it'll be 97... :roll: I'll retire when either my ears or my thumbs give out. Your still a spring chicken then One of the guys who instructed me is still tun...

it's not just tuners musical interment repairs across the spectrum is in decline. Young ones do not want to train. The ones that are in training tend to be older students, there is one in her 50s but she is keen and is coming to our regulating classes in June. There are two places in the UK that do ...

Sadly that's a good retail gone... they are getting thin on ground

Barrie

1740000 = c1973

E is Europe "N" prefix Kemble’s
C is Chinese
J is Indonesia
H Japanese H. X. D. Are a model prefix
"T", the piano was manufactured in Thomaston, Georgia
"U", the piano was manufactured in South Haven, Michigan.

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A few months ago on another forum a person doing some sort of music course asked for information to complete an assignment and was given lots of suggestions. There was no indiction that the original poster had even read the replies. I ended up deleting my contribution. you also could look at it If ...

its the young ones, quite often they post to other media if they don't get a response instantly like on Facebook then they ignore it as it has been answered somewhere else.... They are just Rude in my mind, but in there world its the norm as they are not used to face to face world so they real world...

Both the A and the O are going to be loud in a townhouse. The Model A is much louder but has a far richer sound as you are in the concert range than the O if you have the room and the cash get the A Both pianos can be voiced down to Bluthner levels yet: it will still carry in a townhouse. However, t...

As it says at the top of the site we can not put a value on a piano whiteout seeing it However, a piano of that age tends not to fetch much money. The trade would ask you for money to take it away. They sell on on eBay from £0 to ... whatever you can get for them. If it is on concert pitch and plays...

Hello! My name is Simon, a piano teacher based over in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I run Piano Lessons Belfast - http://www.pianolessonsbelfast.com - having moved over to Belfast from York, where I studied music and worked as a musician and musical director. I thought I would join the forum to help ...

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/most of Daren is gridlock had to cancel 2 tuning hoping to get out after 12 noon

are you stuck on the 65

if you double click on the image it will enlarge, then if you click on it again it will zoom in

you will see normal pins but the string goes over the edge like a waterfall

I bet it is great fun to tune

Barrie

Not pins under the keyboard look the pins they are like grand pointing up in the air zoom in on the photo

Changing the plank on this piano will very complex as it looks like it forms part of the bridge system. Also, looking at the tuning pins they look like they are pulling forward, could be the angel of the photo but there should be a 7 degree tilt away from the speaking length.

Barrie

Kemble (not Kimball - they're american) Minx are normally fairly well made and as long as it's been well looked after and not overheated there's no reason it should have the problems that you mention. Why not get it looked at first before you start to panic? Look at the piano its a top tuner Kemble...

West cost of Lancs never get much most of the jobs I had to cancel on Thursday was in Blackpool they had none but it was gridlocked here and where my driver lives on the other side of Grain road it was closed it's always one of the first because of drifting All this very dry weather is killing a lot...

Had to cancel all my tuning for last Thursday, Go out to 3 yearday its mucked up my diary.

one of the tuners in down south has not been out for 3 days

have you been stuck
Barrie

you have 3 options

1. you can change the pin block
2. you can change the tuning pins come up 2 sizes in tuning pin
3. chemical option, the cheapest option would be to pin-tite it or super glue it

All depends on your tuners skill set

Barrie

The hammers need reshaping ( that is called Voicing ) then they will need toning, that is making the sound of the piano suite your ears and the room. As to the double striking that is regulating problem, looks like the piano need a good service about 4 to 6 hours provided there are no other issues w...

Most UK pianos that were made pre 1960 upright used 0-0 x pins if the piano has to be restrung it can anything up to 7-0 x Today most tend to use 2-0 x this is to make the pin titer because of the greater surface area, as they user nickel plated pins which are more slippery than just mild steel ones...

Screen Shot 2018-02-04 at 11.44.38.png its steel frame not cast iron, if my memory serves me. but was very expensive to make They made a barless upright in the 90s at Ladbrooks in Birmingham but that was bit of flop. Looking at the photo again its not a Barless grand as there is one Barr this is a ...

its a Broadwood barless grand you can get the book here https://www.piano-tuners.org/piano-accessories-shop/piano/the-broadwood-barless-piano-2.html Broadwoods are giving a talk in Shrewsbury in June on 100 Years of the Barless grand see https://www.piano-tuners.org/event/the-broadwood-barless-piano...

The events is not in the side menu on the forum yet not got round to it but older version of Safari. should see it

I have Safari. Chrome and firefox on my Mac, I read the forum with Firefox Shop with Chrome and surf with Safari.

Barrie

its now in our Music Events Calendar https://www.piano-tuners.org/events_calendar.php
a Few of my clients go to it and do enjoy it very much

There are a quite few Facebook chat room for piano as well

Barrie

He may have posted all over the place and got reply elsewhere.... the world is changing. In the mornings I have to go to my local post office which is next to a large school you hold the door for the boys 95% say thanks, but the Girls you just get looks of contempt from most and the odd thank you. Y...

Do you have the missing hammer ?

First, you need to remove the strings Then you will need an agraffe removal tool V268 When removing the agraffes there will be underneath the agraffe thin spacer washers you need to count them for each note as they will need to be put back, some get stuck to the frame its best to put them on a wire ...

if you get £500.00 for It will be impressed, its only a strait strung over damper

Barie

yes you can get Asbestos in pianos from old Hydrocel units, please read this topic
Asbestos in Hydroceel units

http://www.piano-tuners.org/piano-forum ... tos#p10896

Barrie

Not done a Pleyel pinblok you may get a more detailed response on the Facebook Group international piano technicians by one of the Tuners who have done the Pleyel pinblok it will be the same way as doing a Steinway pinblock

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Photos tell us very little about the condition of the piano. Try to find out who last tuned the piano and give them a ring if your relative has no idea who tuned it or when it was tuned if it was more then a few years ago. Then you need to get a local tuner to inspect it before you pay the removal c...

its a Bechstein which was sold by Duckson & Pinker ltd no big deal, up to you if you take it off. having the label there will not detract from the value.

Barrie

Retailers place their own sticker inside, on the fall lid and above the keys and yes it is part of the pianos history . They still do it today. I remember in the 90s having to go out to a piano because it did not have a Harrods sticker inside Had to put one on However, I would be more concerned abou...

Not tuned a new Bentley for about 10 years they were very bad pianos, most of the retailers around her dropped them. However, they may have improved since then but a secondhand Kawai would be a better buy so long as it's not too old

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Very nice indeed the end of the first track is sweet and nice to have a piano in tune

Barrie

Well, you started this topic what was your question?

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Peter Corney has sadly died aged 68 on Saturday 7 October after a long and brave fight against cancer. Peter was a much loved veteran of the piano business. Originally a music retailer he joined Kemble and Co in the 1980s and worked tirelessly as sales Director till the company closed in 2009. He su...

The extra jack spring is not new seen it on some old German pianos and collard and collard pianos. However, the damper slap one is and looks interesting. Yes it can be retro fitted to most tall pianos that have a Jack and damper slap rail. The Steingraber upright piano uses magnets to achieve the sa...

Remember them well.. at the moment I am on my 3 bottle of Birra Moretti a Beer from Italy very nice

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Gill the Piano wrote: ↑04 Feb 2011, 18:58 In 1910 there was one piano per every 10 people in this country.

Are you sure that was not pubs with real ale

The Challen will be a bit pased it you would need a tuner to look at that one The Bentley will be a Chinese one if it has been well prepped they are OK but not great

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I have extended the felt not very elegant but it works. Also, make sure that the ends of the dampers come into contact first just a tad you can experiment by pinching the ends of the flats so they puff up and come into contact before the rest of the damper this kills the harmonics first before stopp...

All of these will do it as they move piano up and down the UK al the time

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3 to 4 weeks before you have it tuned. The bowl of water was OK in the 60's but theses days modem insulation and as you have under floor heating I would recommend a Piano life saver will save you a lot of problems

have you looked at our site for a list of movers

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Hi again, Meant to ask . Can the strings - if they are affected be replaced ? Yes but not cheep 700 to 2 K depending on who and the quality of the string that jut the Bass . Can the silent system box be replaced if needed.? it may be upgraded yes, for a compete new system about £1200 + fitting Are ...

There are 2 types of sensors optical based systems and rocker its the rocker ones that tend to have problems with noise as they are mechanical, However, the optical ones can be effected by dust Some who have only ever played a digital take a while to adjust to the fact that a piano moves in and out ...

The only problem you tend to get with that age of Kawai piano is the first singles strings tend go a tad tubby. The silent system depending on which type light or prolongs, if prolongs they can get clicky if the piano has had heavy playing. Enjoy your new piano, you will need it tuning a few times b...

Thy tend to be small changes not big ones. Take the string scaling that was a big difference to the sound but unless you got out a micrometer and tape measure you would not see the change by looking. However,the letter will be on the frame. Kawai pianos made a change to the keys on the uprights last...

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