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had it tuned and it sounds fantastic!it now chimes and is so mellow. The tuner said a few did slip the first time but once they were brought up again they stayed. I didn't have a pitch raise to 440 though. i thought it would be better to tune it where it was ( semi tone down) and raise it in future....

how do you get rid of WD40 then?

thanks pianomate good advice. as a little aside on this piano, having opened it up there is a couple of tuning notes, one from 1923. It was done by an FC Goddard of Buxton on ten seperate occasions up til 1933. Having searched on the internet Goddard + music shops+buxton i came across a sheet music ...

thanks for that advice.
what do you reackon it would cost for the french polisher to repair the veneer, and maybe just blend it in? (i'm not talking about taking it away, just tarting it up. or maybe they would have to take it away to do that job?).

i bought it !
hope it eventually tunes ok.

i've just worked out with this serial number of 22843 it's 1898 . That can't be right, this link goes to a translation of wikipedia in german on kaps http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-res&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FErnst_Kaps_Kla...

very poor pix sorry again

there is a bit of rust about.

i know these pix are poor but i promised.

ok anyway, i've just got back from the place where me and my piano tech gave the piano a going over. minus points: patch of veneer on top damaged by coffee cup or something. not nice but can be covered by books if i'm really bothered. couple of keys a bit sticky, but seem easily repairable. tuning a...

no i meant every note sounded when it was struck! sorry my fault for not being clear.

thanks everyone, i really appriciate the feedback. i've already got my piano tuner booked to come with me next week. Just to fill in a few more details, the place where it is being sold has about 10 or more pianos, including steinway grands,its more of a trade shop really but if you phone ahead they...

Hi Everyone My wife (god love them!) wants me to change my 1960's "Topic" piano (its plastic parts are crumbling anyway). To cut a long story short, i've seen a panzer Kaps upright at my local antiques centre, which the wife would be happy with in our home. The owner wants £270 including d...