Piano dilemma, repair or not to repair, that is the question.

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Arpangel wrote:Piano update!
Just called him, he’s in the middle of putting the dampers in, all keyboard support irons turned out to be fine.....phew!
Hammers have been fitted with new felts, action completely overhauled, among other things, should be back here in a couple of weeks.

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Great news! Will it take a while to settle in? Or will it be on top form when it arrives? Is your piano guy doing the tuning and voicing?
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RichardT wrote:Great news! Will it take a while to settle in? Or will it be on top form when it arrives? Is your piano guy doing the tuning and voicing?

I suspect having it tuned on site by the piano guy that's done all this work would be by far the most sensible solution.

How exciting though!

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RichardT wrote:
Arpangel wrote:Piano update!
Just called him, he’s in the middle of putting the dampers in, all keyboard support irons turned out to be fine.....phew!
Hammers have been fitted with new felts, action completely overhauled, among other things, should be back here in a couple of weeks.

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Great news! Will it take a while to settle in? Or will it be on top form when it arrives? Is your piano guy doing the tuning and voicing?

From our conversation yesterday, it’ll be ready to play, he said the action is lighter, and feels excellent, his words were "it’s a really lovely piano now, plays beautifully"
More importantly, he’s invited us to the workshop next week, to try it out, and to make any further adjustments, if necessary, a really good idea.
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Arpangel wrote:More importantly, he’s invited us to the workshop next week, to try it out, and to make any further adjustments, if necessary, a really good idea.

Wow, that's proper service for you! 8-)

How exciting.

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He does sound like a thoroughly nice person... as well as someone who knows what he's doing.
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Next post: Arpangel complaining that it sounds too perfect and he prefers the rattles and clanks from how it was before!
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blinddrew wrote:Next post: Arpangel complaining that it sounds too perfect and he prefers the rattles and clanks from how it was before!
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Yeah! :D
No, the action was "bad" getting to the point where it really was difficult to deal with, as long as the tone is fine, that’s the main thing, my partner remembers this piano many years ago, she knows what it should sound like, so he should have a good idea if it’s sounding right.
She’s had a lot of friends play it over the years, professional pianists, so it’s had a good hammering, plus it was used for choral society rehearsals.
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STOP PRESS!
Latest piano update, it’s arriving back at Arpangel Towers on the14th May, plus, we are just off to the workshop now, to try it out!

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"Piano? What piano? A Bluthner you say? Well we sold one of those just last week!"

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Arpangel wrote:STOP PRESS!
Latest piano update, it’s arriving back at Arpangel Towers on the14th May, plus, we are just off to the workshop now, to try it out!

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..... and?
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Folderol wrote:
Arpangel wrote:STOP PRESS!
Latest piano update, it’s arriving back at Arpangel Towers on the14th May, plus, we are just off to the workshop now, to try it out!

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

..... and?

Sounds OK, not far from what it sounded like before, that’s what we wanted.
More importantly, the action feels like new, very positive, a bit lighter.
And, it now looks great, he’s replaced some of the felts with Bluthner Blue, very cool.
I said to my partner on the way out to the car, I should be feeling a lot more excited about this than I really am, but it’s all a bit underwhelming, she agreed, I’d be doing cartwheels about this years ago.
He’s done a fantastic job, it sounds how we wanted, it’s all as expected,
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Post by The Red Bladder »

At last, you are spending money on something worthwhile - and not on F'ing cars!

We did a piano recital for Russian television yesterday - I am editing the thing as we speak. The pianist was all gushing about our Joanna - got it serviced and tuned on Tuesday. Look after the things and they keep their value, both as instruments and financially.

Congrats on the Bluthner BTW. I shall come and inspect it one day soon!
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