Grading System

[atonal@telusplanet.net]

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>  One of the suppliers I buy these thingees from uses the following system:
> A+
> A grade
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Jim, 

	So the grading system is from purveyors of used instruments? 
The reason I'm curious is that a competing piano dealer/ technician 
is advertising his products as A grade pianos, and customers ask 
us what 'grade' our instruments are. When questioned, the 
customers admit that they don't know where this fellow is getting 
his grading system from, and the only one I'm aware of is the 
category definitions for new instruments in Larry Fine's 'Piano 
Book'. 

Also, this tech currently buys 'grey market' instruments and 
markets them, so the grading system from wholesalers makes 
sense in this context. 

As you noted, the whole system of grading instruments is fairly 
subjective, especially regarding used instruments. 

Thanks for your reply, 


Rob Kiddell RPT
Atonal Piano Service
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/atonal/