informal survey further

[pianoman]

You know, once a piano has been botched it is more difficult, maybe
impossible, to get it back right again.  It is not just a matter of
replacing parts with better quality or a better quality of installing the
better parts; it is the matter of you do not have the original anything to
work with.  It is somewhat like the piano has been raped and nothing you
can ever do will right the wrong.  All you can do is make it better, and
make sure that you are not guilty of what you have seen done to a once
wonderful instrument.
James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"I am a better tuner now than  ever  before"

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> From: Howard S. Rosen  <hsrosen@emi.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Re: informal survey
> Date: Sunday, December 28, 1997 5:59 AM
> 
> 
> 
> > (No I didn't accept the job of trying to straighten out the piano in
> question,
> > for several reasons, one being that the customer had turned down my
quote
> to
> > accept a lower one from another tech (aprox 1,500 less) but I did
charge
> for
> > my evaluation.
> 
> 
>  
> Hi Jim,
> 
> Boy! Can I identify with this post. I too recently lost a rebuild job on
a
> C3 in a clubhouse theatre to a cheaper bid. In 5 years tuning this piano,
> there was never a complaint by any of the show pianists. As soon as this
> dude did the cheap rebuild, the stuff hit the fan, and the powers that
be,
> knew that a wrong decision was made. To make this short, I was hired to
> correct the job and the total cost to them was, I am sure, more than my
> original quote. Jim, why don't you take on this job and charge at least
> $1500? That will teach her a lesson, you will get even instead of mad,
and
> everything will be completely honest and above board. (just remember to
> squeeze those knuckle splines if they need to be replaced)
> 
> I hope you will attend our Florida seminar May 1,2,3
> 
> 
> Howard S. Rosen, RPT
> Boynton Beach, Florida