What's up with these Polish rebuilds at U.S. dealers?

[paul bruesch]

For the benefit of the clueless and uninitiated (e.g. me), could someone
please provide a definition for "Polish rebuild" and "Mexican Sama job"??

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 7/15/07, Erwinspiano at aol.com <Erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:
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>  *  Hi Gene*
> *  I've seen many of these.  It's one step up from the Mexican Sama job.
> They don't replace boards in Europe routinely.....re crown them sometimes
> but rarely replace from what I've heard on this list. Shim it yes, many many
> shims*
> *  The thing is...... Dealers are business folks not usually Artisans &
> some people will... just like trout .......go for shiny sparkly rather than
> the real deal.*
> *  If a dealer gets the price of new M for trash like this then in my
> book, that's fraudulent, or maybe just an excellent rip off artist with a
> great line. same thing*
> **
> *  In this case the client swallowed hook,line & sinker.  How truly
> unfortunate.*
> *   INMO it would be better for these kinds of dealers to go do something
> like sell refrigerators or ice to Eskimos.*
> *  Moral of story. Don't work for this type of retailer*
>
> *  Rant over...done...for now... maybe*
> *  Dale*
>
> I had only one experience.
> 1918 SSM
> First impression was confusing - nice high gloss poly with beautiful
> matching veneer inner rim, music desk and fallboard - this and the
> Steinway
> name threw the first curve. New action to include frame and keys. However,
>
> glides were omitted and the sostenuto monkey guide as well.
> Action was not even close to being balanced at over 70 grams down and less
>
> than 19 up.
> Back action was original and I replaced it. The lift lever tray was badly
> warped and they had gone to great pains to make the dampers work ok.
> Sound board appeared new but on closer inspection it had been stripped,
> bleached and refinished very carefully - it was dead.
> Many case parts did not fit well because of the extra thick finish.
> The una chorda stop on the cheek block was missing.
> All trap levers were new.
> The action was not regulated very well and a few samples showed over
> 10.5mm
> dip - customer did not want me to do any regulation.
> It was the shiny kind of thing that trout like people go for.
> The rebuilder did not include a disclaimer.
> *The customer paid about the same price as for a new SSM.
> *As I was working for the retailer it was a difficult situation.
> I will avoid them in the future.
> Gene Nelson
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