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Good to see hes still wearing the tights and wig when he plays. Do you think he bounces the wording back and forth through google translator a few times before posting.

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If your selling it ring 3 dealers and take the best price. Ignore what people will tell you its worth UNLESS they say they will put that sum of notes in the palm of your hand within a week and collect. Then they collect, you stand back and count the cash. Once you get into some one else taking it to...

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In 28 years tuning I have only once been asked to do anything other ET. I could probably do it but would you want to pay for the 1 hour researching plus me doing 3-4 on one of my own pianos to make sure im happy with the job I can provide you . Plus tuning my piano back to ET at the end. Perhaps you...

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A lot of the ones ive had dealings with almost regard delivery of the piano as the point at which they have had their profit and wash their hands of it. 1 in 3 I tune from big to small shops deliverys still have the polystyrene packing in the action and bottom doors on new pianos. 1 in 2 need regula...

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If you buy your piano from your local shop they might offer the same service as we do. If you cant make up your mind pick 2 we will deliver them so you can try them out in your own house for an hour or so to hear the exact sound. Pick the one you want and we take the other back. If you dont want eit...

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I remember speaking to a tuner in Stuttgart a few years back and he said they only do the extended 100 euro tuning with a clean and a bit of a regulate thrown in. I guess you only need 2-3 jobs a day and you get to work on clean pianos which is nice.

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Pretty much anything thats not a John Ausitn or Tozer will be rubish. I have yet to see a bolt on leg stool last more than 2 years without falling apart. The are low price for a reason which is to bung in with a piano to make a sale. Save your money and buy a good one or you will regret it later. Iv...

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Add a Reid Sohn/ Samick 126 to that list at £3500

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Sorry I was working on the basis of it being a drilled frame. I dont go as far as removing the wrest pins if they go through individual holes in the frame. Therefore leaving the wrest plank still attached to the top of the frame.

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Take off all the easy to remove parts, top and bottom door action etc. Break the sides of which will loosen the keyboard and leg supports. Break of the pedal board. Now detention the strings and loosen. Unbolt the frame. Filp it over and break of the bracings off the back and you will be left with t...

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Try 2-3 local piano shops and take the best price Or wack it on fleabay.

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A realistic review would be 6 months or a year in. I dont think you are going to get many people 2 weeks after delivery saying ohh dear I made a bit of a mistake, I spent thousands on the wrong piano . I think in that position most people would keep quiet on a public forum as they would look a littl...

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I wouldnt do a thing. They lost it, its up to them and their insurers to sort it out until you are happy.

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You need an mover based in Derby and even then this is going to be expensive. You could try the bigger companys but you are going to be paying for 2 blokes and a van for a whole day just for your job. Doing it on seperate days would allow it to be done as a part load which should make it much cheape...

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The Silent one if you live in an apartment simply to keep you on good terms with your neighbours.

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Pick up phone Ring 3 piano shops to get offers Chose the one that will actualy put the cash in the palm of your hand Thats how much its worth Loads of people will tell you its worth all sorts of different prices but only take notice of those who will actualy pay you for it, not the ones who tell you...

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Shakespeare wrote about protesting too much and went on to say how much it is evidence of low self esteem to have to put down another in order for a person to feel secure about themselves. I am told this is a British trait. I haven't found it so until this. Am I mixing with the wrong sort? What's t...

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Why is there no pride in this trade. If you want to be a tuner go get a proper training and learn to be a tuner. If you want to be a dealer get a proper tech training. We as qualified tuner techs should not be encouraging all these bodgers be they dealers or tuners. It seems to be the default positi...

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Dont put any money down or commit until youve seen the finished job.

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Welmars are nice pianos but depends on condition, never heard of a Steinhoven so cant comment on them.

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Im sure if you show you are serious most shops would give you an hour of time guaranteed by yourself after hours when they are closed.

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You need a tech to put a lever on the pins but the plank at the very bottom between the pins doesnt look too good to me. It could just be the photo but pay for a tech to check it over first.

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You can get the keyboard taken off which should enable youto get through the door. Ive done this once or twice with player pianos. It takes a lot of time and you need someone who knows what they are doing but it is possible even if the cheeks are glued on as well as screwed in place.

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Im not sure what in my last post was rude to you directy. My only coment about you personaly was re the lessons which you first sugested and beleive it or not I do think is a good idea as it gives you a personal hook which you dont have as your not a tuner technician. All my others comments were aim...

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Despite my earlier post I may have been wrong!! Back last winter I built a poncy 3 by 4.5 meter "shed" for my wife to do her stained glass in. Since then its only moved between 37% and 72 % humidity on a digital gauge. Now thats not perfect but ive seen houses that move more. It was built ...

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Can you accept the fact that a lot if not most internet sales are based on the customer trying a product in a local shop and then buying over the net cheaper. In fact the best term I can find on the web is parasitic, google it and see how close it is :D I think that towns with half empty shops and t...

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Or it could have said we are sick and tired of other people riding on our coat tails for free and using us as a free showroom. It doesnt actualy matter now because if you want to buy an instrument you now only have one other shop in town or a 30 mile drive. If it helps you to sleep better at night M...

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Buy one with the work done or you take a massive risk hoping that it will turn out as you want it.

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Just found out the main music shop in town has just closed and I quote from the shop door " due to economic factors and the rise in internet trading". They had been there since 71

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Bit of a problem there. All local farms are arable, oil seed rape or setaside and the local butcher turned into a chippy about 4 years ago. Now I think about it apart from the petrol station my nearest shop is infact the great satan tescos!! Its grim and sad but in a town of 75 K people we only have...

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Do you realy beleive any of that? For someone who doesnt like profit youve not done too badly for yourself have you . How did all your stock fund itself? You either have a rich benefactor, a big bank loan of you ve made a tidy penny out of a few pianos to fund that lot. My point re the advertising i...

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Mark If your sugesting people dont shop localy why dont I see your adverts in all the local music event programs I support localy. I probably put £1000 in to local event program adverts a year and whilst its nice to help out I do expect to get a return on it as god forbid, I am a business and need t...

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3 weeks ago 2 days before I was off the the south of france for 2 weeks the AC on my car stopped working. My LOCAL guy who services all the cars took it away replaced the faulty part and had it back to me they day before we left. And every time the temp went over 35degrees we said a little ............

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I sense it should be around £2500 as it is new but discontinued. Why should the piano be discounted from the £3500? Its a brand new piano with nothing wrong with it. Those dealers offering you everything including the kitchen sink are either over pricing their pianos to knock it all off or having b...

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Also beware of some 2nd hand Yamahas. Some are good , some are grotty but they will all tend to look nice. You cant tell unless you take a trained tech who knows what they are on about. At the very least the 20 year old Yam will have had to have had the spring loops replaced requiring an action stri...

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Only one that sticks in the memory. About 15 years ago i went to look at a 7foot ish Bluthner in rosewood they wanted to sell. Looked great from across the marble tiled hall. Opened the fall up to play, nice creamy ivories in perfect nick. Started to play and no sound. Looked in the top and no actio...

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Look around and see if there will be any companys employing you when you are trained. If not think how long it might take to build up a tuning round once trained. You will need a part time job to cover you whilst this builds up and it WILL take years to get to a point where you are getting a living ...

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I see pianos on eBay for a £1 .... probably knowing there are major problems, but not admitting it. I guarantee it. Its either that or pay to have them taken and broken up. We charge £150 for that service. £100 for the removal and £50 towards the skip. I guess most people prefer ebay for £1. To be ...

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I remember someone put a straight strung frame on ebay some time back. Just the frame. Mind you with the price of metal now its probably worth it.

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MarkGoodwinPianos wrote:Ugh, how dull!

Thats what i think when faced with a music dept with half a dozen Us. I tend to think they sort of fit in with the Man United , Ferrari fan type. Good but no imagination, a bit sheep like.

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If youve got a workshop with a pillar drill and can make up a little jig to hold the desk at the correct angle its a piece of cake, you could drill them all day long with no mistakes.

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Check ebay as there are loads on it. Its easy to make the poly case look new and may have been refurbished but thats a very loose term it can be anything from full overhaul to clean keys and replace the nameboard felt.

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I may be reading this wrong but have you just moved the piano and had it tuned a few day later? If so its going to go out of tune over the next few weeks. You realy need to give it a month before tuning.

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Man and wife piano removals!?!?!?! I know quite a few piano businesses that move pianos that way. Lets face it once its on a trolly which I do its only guiding it. We dont do grands or stairs and the only way I can guarantee no damage to a piano or customers house is if we do it ourselves. Plus the...

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sussexpianos wrote:Brill, love it, its the future!
Where do you get the yellow skid and rotator? never seen it before.

Some of the bigger hire shops do that sort of thing.

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Your tuner is probably your first point of call. If hes a tuner who can also supply pianos or has contacts he / she will understandably have the hump if they dont even get a chance to quote. I had a local school last year who not only paid over the odds but were also sold the wrong pianos ( Yam B1s ...

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If you win its yours, if you want to check it out before hand pay to get it tuned before the auction ends. Or if you want certainty buy new from a Yamaha dealer.

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Most piano shops offer their customers a broad spread of pianos to choose from in finish size and make finish etc. Thats will mean that the odd piano might sit about for up to a number of years. If you offer a good selection especialy of colour finishes you sometimes will get one that people dont li...

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