Piano evaluation proposal

[Avery]

Loren,

After over 30 yrs. in this business, I never assume anything. That's 
why I asked! :-D

Avery

At 05:14 PM 6/13/2006, you wrote:
>Terry,
>
>I was one of those types 25 years ago.  I was working full time and 
>overtime.  Had an overwhelming checking account and no time to spend 
>it.  Then grandma's piano came into our family's life.  I only had 
>time to check with a couple of local tuners.  I wanted them to tune, 
>assess the piano and give me an estimate to make it like new.  I got 
>no takers, however it must be stated that I did not go very far with 
>this as I didn't have the time and didn't even know how to pursue 
>this except to contact the few tuners in the local yellow pages.
>
>What developed was our family jumped into the old Buick station 
>wagon one Sunday afternoon and hit several piano places in the 
>Seattle-Tacoma area.  The problem was they saw us and "qualified" us 
>thinking we could only afford to spend about a grand, when we were 
>thinking perhaps an amount of ten times that and had the cash.  We 
>did purchase a new piano, a Baldwin R, for cash but not from the 
>"qualifiers" and have enjoyed it as a family for 26 years.
>
>The moral of this is to remember that "stuffed suits" are often only 
>that, and the guy driving the old Buick and wearing bib overalls may 
>have heart of gold and a pocket book to match.  So if I were the 
>technician involved I would not assume anything, but would ask what 
>their long term intentions are for the piano.  You might be 
>pleasantly surprised.
>
>Loren Hedahl
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