Those high end Yamahas or Kawais should be in pretty darn good shape right out of the box. As long as the dealer gives you the time to prepare the piano in the home...quit laughing and get to work... '-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Christopher Purdy" <purdy at ohio.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 11/23/2009 6:03:39 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to dealers... >On Nov 23, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Jon Page wrote: >> I doesn't matter how many techs attend training courses. A dealer >> will not pay >> to have the piano prepped because of the bottom line and 'someone >> will buy it'. >> There are some that do prep and they are known in their communities. >> >> Until the manufacturers make surprise inspections at showrooms to >> weed out >> the ones that do not properly prep, dealers won't prep. >I'm laughing out loud as I read. I got a call last week from a dealer >that is delivering a new grand piano to a customer right out of the >crate. And this is no cheap PSO, it's a high end Japanese brand. He >told me the action won't even be unlocked from shipping. His argument >was why should we prep it here when you are going to have to prep it >again in the home? (???!!!) >Chris >Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. >Registered Piano Technician >School of Music, Ohio University >Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall >Athens, OH 45701 >Office (740) 593-1656 >Cell (740) 590-3842 >fax (740) 593-1429 >http://www.ohiou.edu/music
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