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Thanks everyone. Yes have been offered free from a genuine lady who thinks the piano is in good order! Have taken your advice and have someone coming out to inspect it and give their opinion. Just wish I had something else to ask as responses are good and fast! Thanks Theresa Let us know how the in...

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Upload a couple of photos showing the inside of the piano. Get nice and close and use a flash.
That will help

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Hi again I'm glad you are happy with that approach. I think it will help keep things smooth and happy. I have a good handful of candidates in at the moment but every now and again they all get snapped up by a trade buyer. So I can't guarantee these will be here all that long. So I'm thinking it coul...

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Colin Nicholson wrote:Does Byron Bay not get a mention!!

Haha

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Hi Lou Lou I've been struggling to figure out the best way to handle this. Sorry for the delay. I currently have at least 3 or 4 pianos that I'd be happy for you to have free of charge. However, I'm going to suggest that before you make a choice you book a technician close to my shop to come and ins...

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I don't mind. Maybe give him benefit of the doubt but the pattern suggests spam to me

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Nasty?. Sorry if it came over that way. All busy piano movers have dropped pianos at some point, I'm certain of that but the company in question (I won't say who they are any more as my previous reference was deleted) are the only ones to have been unlucky enough to have been photographed and sold ...

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Me and Julie went to Japan this time last year and were stunned at what a lovely country it is. It is the people, of course, who make it lovely. Very warm,generous, polite and considerate. Somehow that makes it all the worse, thinking about the suffering of such a positive and happy nation. Get well...

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More than 10,000 dead. Unstable nuclear situation. Whole towns reduced to mud piles. Here is a rare piece of footage showing the human reaction to the arrival of the flood waters. Filmed from inside an airport. You can feel the horror as you listen to the people's reactions http://www.youtube.com/wa...

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G&R are very good piano movers. I've used them many times without any problems whatsoever. These days I use and recommend these guys for the most efficient and friendly service in the UK. The other national movers are all excellent but these guys are the chirpiest gentlemen in the piano removal ...

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I agree. Landfill should be avoided at all costs. Apparently, the chap who I offload my unwanted part-ex pianos exports them to a country far away where they are still appreciated despite them being useless for the UK market. Sometimes, he says the wood is stripped and used to make coffee tables and...

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The Kemble Minx is a nice quiet piano. There seem to be a few on ebay often.
Or there is someone on another topic at the moment asking to value an eavestaff minipiano. You could probably get that for free and just pay the delivery fee.

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Thanks everyone for your advice, I put in on Freecylce and gots lots of response, I also spoke to the letting agent who arranged for it to be removed to someone who could use it, so it went to a good home and was gone for when I moved in, brilliant! Wonderful news! So much better to find a piano a ...

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Hi to everyone who replied Thanks for the info, I have come across a place near where I live that will come and have a look at it for me. Once I know any more information I will let you know. Kind Regards Tina If your eavestaff looks something like this then it will hold some value http://www.markg...

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Thanks for the update Robert.
This is all great reading

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I've been approach by a school who are looking for 1 or 2 U3 pianos that are to go into a music hall that is being refurbished. Part of the refurbishment includes underfloor heating throughout. They have asked my advice about this and I've said I'd ask around my technician friends to see if anyone h...

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I've got customers from all directions wanting piano-shaped drinks cabinets. Oh mercy, what a waste!!

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If you are worried about your surfaces I would hire a professional piano mover to come in and put the piano on a trolley. Once on the trolley you can move it away from the wall to get some working space. Then tip the piano up at one end so that you have space to replace the 2 castors at that end. Th...

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a grand is my absolute tops.

I would recommend enlisting the help of a trusted local technician. Ask him to help you find something suitable on ebay and inspect it with you before bidding/buying. You won't get a guarantee or a tuning etc but with the help of your tech you should be fine.

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Just spotted this reply.
Thanks Bill. Keep doing what you're doing

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I've had an idea to hire a market stall in my local small town of Royton and allow anyone to play it. Could result in some fun times

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Pianospeed move for Jeff Shackell who is a leading Steinway grand stockist and quite the perfectionist!

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I recommend www.pianospeed.com or www.tenniswoods.co.uk Pianospeed are in Glasgow every Friday and are in London every Monday and Tuesday. Fast, efficient, very professional and sensibly priced. I've used Piano Logistics, G&R, Tenniswoods and Pianospeed. They are all equally competent but I alwa...

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Have you tried PianoGen?

That's a joke Bill, sorry haha

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Are you thinking baby grand?
Are you thinking black? Brown? or White?
Are you thinking contemporary design or early 20th century?
Do you want new or used? Or don't you mind?
Do you have an approximate budget in mind?

The answers to those questions should help us help you

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vernon wrote:65 years man and boy and I've only ever seen two cracked Bechsteins and one of those was Bechstein London!

How many have you seen without cracks?
If you've seen lots of them I can't help but think you might be looking in a different area to where I've seen the cracks.

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joe wrote:Nothing grumpy plain facts

Plain facts are fine but manners and respect cost nothing.
Be cool maaaan. Relaaaax max!

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PianoLove wrote:Nice to see you post OneHandOnly. I bet you are better on the piano thank you think.

Most people are better than they think... apart from me, I'm terrible!!!

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Johnkie wrote:Don't take the bait Mark - Mr Grumpy must have a degree in rudeness as well as an unbounding font of knowledge of the English language

Cheers John

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By all means pass your opinion as a player but regarding the construction,rebuilding and whats invovled in the physics of Steinways you are not qualified.

That was a bit rude. I'm only saying I enjoyed playing them

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I forgot to mention the Model A, thanks John. I found them to be rarely cracked. That's strange http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/dojotoolkit/dojox/editor/plugins/resources/emoticons/emoticonLaughing.gif I found the following: B usually cracked V often cracked A not usually cracked That's based...

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I think the old Bechsteins offer a good alternative to the inflated prices of similar size/age Steinway grands. I prefer the lighter touch of a Bechstein grand and I love the tone too. However, I've never really taken to Bechstein uprights for some reason. Too many of them have only 85 keys or are n...

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People wanting info about their piano won't be put off by the new domain. If anything a forum full of piano tuners is the perfect place to ask such questions. So I don't see a problem. It is non-tuners and non-teachers who help fund this site by visiting the forum and clicking on those adverts. So f...

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Old pianos like this make lovely drinks cabinets.
You could convert it yourself as a weekend project.

Freecycle is a hassle and has time wasters.
I'd be delaying signing the tenancy until the piano is removed.

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Anyone who wants to know how to buy a piano should read this topic. Visiting as many places as possible is the best way. Then when you choose one get it inspected before putting any money down. The dealer should reserve it for free whilst you arrange that. Good luck with the rest of your search. I h...

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This link should show a video I made of one I had previously
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DQk3k_7 ... 857zmNrQNw

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Calm down calm down. The iron frame very often does not have any reference to a manufacturer. Also, numbers etched into soundboards or stamped onto the very top of one of the sides just under where the top lid rests when in a closed position are not serial numbers either. It's clear that Bill's site...

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What a coincidence, a dulcitone has just been listed on ebay. It's in Somerset though

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0627420955

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Alastair wrote:Thanks, Bill.
That is helpful. Nice of you to reply so late at night.
Alastair

His best replies come after midnight

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The U1 is a good option If your Son likes a light touch, a lively and energetic tone and you want a piano that will fit very nicely into any room. There are 3 tiers of Yamaha uprights. The B series (for beginners), the P series (for intermediates) and the U series (for taking pupils right through to...

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Jolly good so who wants it?
Roll up roll up!! Move all the way in so the people at the back can see too!
Come on now don't be shy. You need somewhere for those whiskey bottles and don't forget those bottles of champagne you've had for 10 years. They'd look lovely in this old beast.

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I find people are more inclined to bring their piano teacher rather than their piano tuner, which is a bit strange. But I suppose they see their teacher every week and there is a lot of trust and dialogue in that relationship.

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Hoover bits and bobs not included

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A lady has contacted me with the following piano for sale. Her husbands wants to smash it up and burn it. Schiedmayer. 1890 ish apparently. Who wants to turn it into a drinks cabinet? Come on don't be shy! It's located in CM77 Essex https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_b9Z8BqY9NkE/TV0j9vl7RfI/AAAAAAAA...

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I really love these things. I saw one at the London piano auction place a few years back. I placed a bid but the price went way too high. I've been trying to buy them ever since. Anyway, I bought one this week privately and it's a very nice example. All the forks are present and it feels like it's i...

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I tell them to find out who the tuner was and ask about the piano

It's a reasonable request and only slightly cheeky

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Joe I visited 6 or 7 workshops in Japan last year who specialise in restoring Yamaha, Kawai etc pianos but only one was really impressive (and BOY were they impressive!). Some of the others were OK but some were far from OK. There is also the restoration workshop in Holland exporting quite a lot of ...

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You could also be very cheeky and ask the seller for the phone number of their piano tuner and ask for his opinion of the piano and find out if it has been regularly tuned and maintained. You are correct that would be very very cheeky!!!. If you want the piano checked over take an independent tuner...

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Hi Emma, My feeling is that the P114 is too small in heigh at 114cm. The U1 is 121cm and that is a much healthier height. The U3 is 131cm and has a very rich tone but the U1, although slightly brighter in tone usually, is still a high quality tone. I'd worry about going for something as small as 114...

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I'd say not in my experience. They are just looking for good honest value which only comes from a high quality product at a sensible price. Bargain hunters expect a grade 8 piano for £500. There's plenty of those shoppers around but they rarely find what they set out to achieve because it doesn't ex...

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