This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Warren Fisher wrote: > Dear List, > > After restringing a Paul G. Mehlin & Sons upright serial # 21406 and in > the process of bringing the strings up to 150 cents flat, I heard this > loud bang and discovered a large crack in the left bottom of the plate > where it curves around the corner from the bottom to the vertical. > > I have several questions: > > 1. What is my liability in this situation? > > 2. How much does plate repair cost usually? > > 3. I have over a thousand dollars worth of labor in this turkey > already. Will I be able to collect any of it if the plate can't be > repaired. > > 4. How would you handle the customer? > > Thanks, Warren, Here's what happened to me. When I was in Phoenix, AZ, a nice old lady had a dream of owning a 'nickelodeon' piano. She bought a retro-fit unit from The Sharper Image, the piano was probably 100 years old. Although it looked new on the outside, it needed a complete rebuild, (strings, hammers etc.) The lady paid $8000 for it, then called me to tune it. I gave her an estimate of $4000. Before installing the new strings, I raised the nose bolt up to meet plate. It cracked during the chip tuning. The lady then and there paid me the $4000, bless her heart. She said, "You did your work, you should get paid." We had no contract either. If I recall correctly, The Sharper Image did take the piano back, after a recommendation from Jim Coleman, Sr. (My apologies to Jim Coleman, Sr. if memory has slipped, it was a while ago, and I now suffer from CRS-Can't remember @#$%) According to the odds, I won't have the pleasure of repeating this experience. Best wishes, -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carl Fischer University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Piano Shop 702/895-0931 mailto: fischerc@nevada.edu URL: http://www.nscee.edu/unlv/Music "When they took the 4th Amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs. When they took the 6th Amendment, I was quiet because I am innocent. When they took the 2nd Amendment, I was quiet because I don't own a gun. Now they have taken the 1st Amendment, and I can only be quiet." Lyle Myhr ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: vcard.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 200 bytes Desc: Card for Carl Fischer Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9f/02/f3/31/vcard.vcf ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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