Pricing: was Reshaping VS new hammers

[Ryan sowers]

The fact this this tech is using graphite on actions would make him suspect 
enough to inquire a second opinion. I recently replaced a perfectly good set 
of keybushings on Steinway that had been "lubricated" with some sort of 
graphite that had gotten gunky. Needless to say the keys were basically 
unplayable. I'd be curious to know where the fellow wants to put that 
graphite. He sounds a bit behind the times on his lubricants.

Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter, #985
Olympia, WA



>From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Pricing:  was Reshaping VS new hammers
>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:37:07 -0700
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: August 02, 2001 8:11 AM
>Subject: Re: Pricing: was Reshaping VS new hammers
>
>
> > So what makes this high priced tech the bad guy if he's successfully 
>doing
> > business this way? Does he do good work, or is he a butcher? We don't
>know,
> > because all we have to go on is a reported price of one service job.
> >
> > Ron N
>
>--------------------------------------
>
>Nor, unless I missed something along the way, do we know just what work the
>$2K figure includes. Voicing and regulating can mean a lot of things. How
>are the action center? Keybushings? Parts alignment? Condition of various
>felts? None of this do we know. The only thing we seem to know for sure is
>that the guy is charging too much.
>
>Bah! Humbug!
>
>Del
>


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