replace/rebuild

[Richard Brekne]

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Well heck now Wim.... grin... if yas asks me I would have to
say buy new... but not if you dont have some kind of
adequate climate control for them babies.

Alternatively, if you could get the school to commit to a
recycling system where say 10 instruments are rotated out of
the system each year, replaced by new ones, then that would
be my recommendation. Problem with that kind of arrangement
is that its really easy for a school to decide suddenly one
year that they dont have enough money. And then the next
year they think... well...hey... we survived last year well
enough... you get the picture. But if they would stick to
that then i prefer that kind of solution.

Still, the opportunity to get 70 fresh from the factory
instruments sounds hard to resist....especially if they
would mix in a bunch of Hamburgs.

jmt
RicB

Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> The department chair at UA has started looking into
> upgrading the pianos in the department, perhaps even
> becoming a Steinway School. We have two options. Buy all
> new Steinways, or rebuild the ones we have and buy new
> what is needed.
>
> I need some advice from you guys with more experience in
> this area. We currently have 3 D's One is 15 years old,
> one is 30 years old and the other is 40 years old. The
> last one has been partially rebuilt, but not a good job.
> The 30 year old also needs to be rebuilt. The 15 year old
> is OK. What is the consensus of opinion on the two older
> ones? Would you recommend sending them to New York to be
> rebuilt, or would you trade them in for new ones.
> Obviously money is an object, but lets pretend it isn't.
> Just for practicality's sake, what are your thoughts.
>
> We also have 8 B's, of which one is brand new, 2 are 15
> years old, and 5 are 30 years old. The 5 older ones are
> useable, but need work. Are the '70's pianos worth
> rebuilding, or should they be replaced?
>
> Wim
> Willem Blees
> University of Alabama




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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no


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