What an interesting story. At some point the producer will perhaps realize that technicians are all very small businesses (i.e., 1 person!) which cannot afford to do multiple weeks worth of work without pay. Also, who wants national exposure? So if you get a rush of 20 requests for rebuilds from all over the country, it would be a huge headache. Most shops couldn't accomodate them, and then come all the hassles of servicing out of town rebuilds. Maybe they will find one of the more production oriented rebuilding shops that could handle doing it. Don Mannino ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken & Pat Gerler To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 5:26 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Restoration: Free for Fame? But that isn't fair. I have watched a couple of episodes and they have paid other individuals for their work. I remember one in particular - a 1960 Lincoln - that, according to the individuals on the show, cost them a few thousand dollars to restore the interior. Ken Gerler -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090905/b9c34f0a/attachment.htm>
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