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Hollyk1
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 Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: Broadwood White and Co piano - help! |
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hi, i have recently got a broadwood white piano, and i have been trying to get it tuned. the tuner i got said that it is too old to be tuned: its from about 1880, and that to try and repair the keys which stick would take several hours, and a lot of money. i feel attatched to it, and i dont want to have to throw it out, however if it is unrepairable there isn't much i can do. Do you have any ideas, and does anyone know if it's possible to get the whole inside of the piano completely redone ?
thank you so much if you have any information, it would be wonderful! |
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Barrie Heaton
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: Broadwood White and Co piano - help! |
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| Hollyk1 wrote: | hi, i have recently got a broadwood white piano, and i have been trying to get it tuned. the tuner i got said that it is too old to be tuned: its from about 1880, and that to try and repair the keys which stick would take several hours, and a lot of money. i feel attatched to it, and i dont want to have to throw it out, however if it is unrepairable there isn't much i can do. Do you have any ideas, and does anyone know if it's possible to get the whole inside of the piano completely redone ?
thank you so much if you have any information, it would be wonderful! |
Yes you can have it restored However, the cost will be way more than the pianos worth and you may be looking at 4k to 7 k looking on the black side
I would get a different tuner in see what they have to say
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Gill the Piano
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| There's a difference between restoring a piano and just getting it going; most tuners would be prepared to sort odd notes out, and you might not need to pay too much. Barrie's right; get a few more opinions. Some tuners simply don't want to do odd bits on old pianos so say it isn't worth doing. Some are on commision from piano shops and are more interested in selling you a new one! |
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Hollyk1
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: thanks |
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| okayy .. im going to get another tuner in and see what they think ! its such a shame to just throw her out tho ! thank you for the help x |
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Gill the Piano
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| How many keys are sticking? Are they actually sticking down, or not working? Has it been moved from an old house to a new one or vice versa, and if so, how recently? |
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Hollyk1
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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it is the top two octaves, and the bottom octave, and they only stick. we recently moved it from the next village, could that have done somethign to it ?
what the tuner said was mainly about the mechanics inside it ; that they are in a different format now ? i'm not sure how pianos work inside ! |
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