There's a good reason this piano is free, and that's because the owner can't sell it for a price. It's really not a viable instrument anymore, and it may well have sounded nice when it was new but the money it would cost to repair this piano and bring it back to functional is ...
the dealer was somehow able to get Yamaha to cover 2 warranty repairs for me. In each occasion, the tech had to replace a hammer sensor board and a velocity sensor board, and do some recalibration. He told me he did a regulation on it for the previous owner, so I guess...
Part 1: Three Piano Tuning Tools This processrequiresthe following special tools.You will protect the instrument and have better results and with appropriate, quality tools. A set of good piano tuning tools will cost less than a single professional tuning. 1. Lever The most important tool is t...
Edit to say: The owner was really nice and took a lot of time to show me his shop and such. I'd use them in a heartbeat for repairs down the road. It's a shame they they are getting out of the sales side. Stark contrast to the other store in town. The second is the Yamaha...
in this field. And there is MUCH MORE to becoming a true piano technician than just tuning. Pianos need repairs and adjustments and one must learn proper ways of doing these rather than experimenting on customers' pianos. Believe me I've seen the results of some of these "self taught" ...
If the piano plays and sounds really good and will hold tune well you may find a buyer near $10K. But most likely you would not be able to get more than $5K. If the piano needs any replacement of parts or structural repairs, the value is maybe $1K. ...
having patchwork repairs done on it. I'd go as far as to say even these pianos are probably best avoided. If I wanted another Blüthner for restoration I'd still source a pre-Word War 2 model over a DDR model, even considering the action may be replaced in the process of rebuilding....