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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Ilvedson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 05, 2004 12:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Piano Tech Aide
Checklist.doc<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left>You also have to have some way to verify =
condition of
pianos before and after damage is found...how do you do that? =
Wouldn't
the trucking (private company?...employees of the University?) just =
say that
was the way it was when they found it? Someone (you or =
the
intern!) would have to be taking digital photos of pianos before =
moves...<SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=273051521-05042004><FONT =
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color=#800000 size=3>Yep. I have a camera. Just not sure I want to =
spend the
time doing that. But it is something I might
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left>In the private world at hotels, for =
instance, the same
problem exists. No one takes responsibility for banging the =
grand into
the doorway...the tuner discovers the damage and most of the time =
nothing is
done because of cost of repairs and the pianos, after some time, begin =
to
acquire that hotel piano patina.<SPAN class=273051521-05042004><FONT =
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=273051521-05042004><FONT =
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color=#800000 size=3>And we have the university/school
patina.</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left>David I.</DIV>
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