Dealer with imagination

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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No, I don't think it's too common, but isn't it interesting that it =
(Kinda, sorta) works?  Try that with Steinway or Baldwin!  Ha!
Kevin E. Ramsey
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  From: Dave Davis=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:51 PM
  Subject: Dealer with imagination


  List,

  I've been doing some work for a small piano dealer for
  several months.  I've questioned some of his business
  attitudes, but today takes the cake.

  I showed up at his customer's house to tune a gray
  market C3.  Customer is educated about the gray
  markets and was willing to take a chance, but had an
  interesting question for me.  It seems that when he
  was looking at the piano in the store, the keyfronts
  were yellow.  He wanted that fixed, so the dealer
  swapped actions with another C3 in the store.=20

  I was amazed to find that it actually played pretty
  well.  The key frame wasn't even close to being
  bedded, and the una corda wasn't quite shifting
  enough, and the hammer line was high & low all the way
  through,and the keys weren't level, but other than
  that it was actually somewhat functional.

  I called the dealer and suggested that he should have
  it regulated to the piano.  His response was quite
  negative.  That makes it easy for me to not do any
  more work for him.

  Is it a common thing to swap actions or am I just
  being too critical?

  Dave Davis
  Renton, WA

  p.s.  tuning pins were tight, no soundboard cracks,
  nice piano...so far.


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