This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: RCzekay@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 6:43 PM Subject: Re: Betsy Ross pianos Well put Terry,=20 The Betsy Ross was nothing more than a toy piano, and why any = respectful=20 technician would even give a second thought to replacing plastic = flanges, and=20 taking the customers money, when the end result will still be a piano = that=20 plays and sounds like a toy, is beyond me. But of course, the customer = is=20 always right, right? It would be doing the customer a big favor to try = to=20 educate him, and to try to improve his taste in music, by purchasing a = piano=20 that really is one.=20 Roy Czekay=20 Milwaukee, WI=20 =20 Roy, I happen to be a respectful technician who would love to service = only finer pianos, but when presented with one of these piano's = purchased in 1955 at great sacrifice to provide a musical education for = the kids now lovingly polished and played at christmas with lousy bass = tone, false beats and yes broken elbows, I'm going to congratulate them = on the finest purchase they've ever made and replace those elbows at a = fair price. If it can't be serviced , I'll be direct and walk away I let them know this is not a fine piano and won't talk about = restringing, new hammers , or any other work that exceeds the piano's = value and will always encourage upgrades when the situation warrants.=20 I'm almost 30 years in and next to the Steinway action on the = bench , I don't mind seeing a Lester or a Janssen ( Just no Kincaids - = I'm not a masochist ) Tom Driscoll ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2e/8d/5c/be/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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