Hi Cy- Thanks, and good point of course. I think the faculty were hoping I could find some concrete examples of old, rebuilt pianos in a similar heavy use environment as new Japanese or Steinway pianos. If there is such an example it would be interesting, 20 years down the road, but I agree with you. Nothing against the new inventory, but one should not presume they will outlast in every case. Neither are the rebuilds necessarily a cost savings. Personally I think we have good plan in the mix for about 1/3 of each. See what happens when the time comes. This semester we just enrolled the largest new class in the history of the college. Sounds like others are doing the same. best, Dennis Johnson St. Olaf College _________ On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Cy Shuster <cy at shusterpiano.com> wrote: > What are the parts that wear out most often? It's not the rims, plate, and > legs, it's hammers/shanks/flanges, right? After a rebuild, which parts are > 100 years old? If you follow your thought experiment through that way, I > think you'll have your answer. > > Just like picking a factory for quality control and parts used, doing the > same for a rebuilder gives you the results you want. We've all seen good > and bad from both rebuilders and factories. > > --Cy-- > > Cy Shuster, RPT > Albuquerque, NM > > www.shusterpiano.com > www.facebook.com/shusterpiano > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101012/e27442a5/attachment-0001.htm>
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