By maker? Model? Individual instrument? I suggest caveat emtor combined with capitalism have been quite effective for over 200 years in the U.S. Who's going to decide for the masses and what will the criteria be for the decision makers as well as the decisions? Maybe an ex Kimball employee would be good in pointing out what NOT to do. Roy Ulrich -----Original Message----- From: Michael Jorgensen <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: November 30, 1999 1:01 PM Subject: Re: What would you do? > > >Richard Brekne wrote: (Concerning when a new piano should be sent back as >hopelessly defective) mj. > >> My point is that there should be an attempt at a >> constructive discussion as to where the line should be drawn, > >Where to draw the line is the six million dollar question! Perhaps for a fee to >participating manufacturers, the PTG could approve pianos the way Underwriters >Laboratories approves other things as a public service. Reprehensible pianos would >not get the stamp of approval until improvements are made. >-Mike Jorgensen
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