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[Avery Todd]

Hi Terry,

>A very established technician in Tampa referred an old upright owner to me 
>a couple weeks ago. He has done this several times. I believe he has 
>chosen to not work on old uprights. That is his prerogative. I don't see 
>any reason to berate him for it.

Thank you.

>  I don't think he is stuck up either. Seems to be a pretty nice guy to 
> me. Heck, I think it is best for him - and for me!

I know it's best for me. I've spent 20+ years working on anything that
came around and now that I don't have to, I refer them to people that
are trying to make a living doing so.

>This last one, after 20 minutes of trying to talk the lady into junking 
>the piano, we decided to sink $900 bucks into it (regulation, repining, 
>few repairs, tuning, pitch raising, etc.).

Hey, you got lucky, huh? :-)

>I love old worn-out uprights. I love junky spinets. I make more good-sized 
>paychecks on them. But so many of them are still PSOs (or worse!).

So did I when I had to do that. I'm not putting them down at all,
it's just that I figure I've "served my time" and no longer have to
do that, so I'll refer them! It's not that I won't, it's just that I
don't want to and don't have to!

Avery