Hi All,

The following is a request for a player piano technician that will work
in Redwood City, CA.

J. Tuttle

Margie King writes:

> "My name is Margie and I have just inherited an old player piano which I
> remember playing as a kid.  I don't know the exact date it was made.  I
> had a piano repair person look at it.  He says it was in pretty poor
> shape but had the sound of a grand piano because of its height?  He said
> he could not fix the player mechanism but could fix it to play as a
> regular piano for about $500.00.  I also have a huge box of music
> rolls.  He tried to find someone in our area who restored these old
> players but has no luck.  Maybe you might have some advise.  I live in
> California near San Francisco.  I look forward to hearing from you."

John A. Tuttle wrote:

Hi Margie,

I'll scout the Mechanical Music Digest for technicians in the Bay Area.
I was born in Berkeley and grew up in Daly City. :) The serial number
(which you need to determine the age), if it's an Aeolian Themodist, is
on a small ivory piece on the inside of the left side, near the top.
It should be a five digit number.  What would you be getting for $500?
<snip-short treatise on my fear of piano tuners who don't care about
the player> I suppose the only other question I should ask is, where do
you live? Not exactly, but a city might be helpful regarding requests.

> Hi John,
>
> I live in Redwood City.  For $500.00 he would completely take out the
> player mechanism and replace all the black and whites and do the tuning
> and so forth.  Thanks for the reply.
>
> Margie King

What else can I say?  HELP!!!¶
JT¶
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