---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment This is what I deem a natural result of too many of us allowing too many of them to go along thinking that junk is really ok.... pianowise. I have seen worse examples of this kind of thing. I will probably see more as time goes by as well. I know I know... get off it Ric.... grin... Ron & Lorene Shiflet wrote: > List, I'm running into a problem. A good friend and client > of many years just couldn't stand her old clunker of 50 years. > I sold her a brand new professional studio which is a wonderful > piano. While we were waiting for the new piano to arrive, > she became very emotional about her old piano and it became > sentimental. Now she can't seem to enjoy her new piano. I'm > trying to decide the best way to deal with this. Her old > piano is a 1950's Baldwin spinet, drop action, scuffed to > death, missing finish from water vases placed on top, unlevel > keys, poor repetition, action in need of a rebuild, sounds > "tinny" at best. Her new piano is a 2001 Charles Walter > studio, Queen Anne, Accu-tuned to A-440, absolutely nothing > wrong with it. Her complaints are: > > * The action is stiff. > * Keys are hard to press > * "It feels like there's cotton under the keys". > * The notes don't ring when you let off the key (go > figure). > * Keys don't repeat ( we'll look into this, but it > didn't happen at the tuning) > * The sound just isn't real bright. > * Won't play loud unless you pound. > > I've worked for dealers before who had customers so accustomed > to their old clunker that they hated the good piano. All of > you tasteful technicians, how do you deal with this. Remember, > she's female and it's an emotional thing. I told her to play > on it for 2 weeks and get used to the feel, and then I'll come > out. Ron rshiflet@eaznet.com -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/64/99/9a/50/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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