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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>After our brief half-thread about rebuilding vs. replacing I went to a
piano professor’s studio to do some work. He and one other piano
professor each got new Bs in 2004 so now they each have 1 new B and 1 60s
vintage rebuilt B. Each of them uses the rebuilt ones as their #1 piano. A
third piano professor chose in 2004 to rebuild one of her 1983 Bs rather than
replace it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We also got 2 new Ms for practice rooms in 2004 so we have 2 new and 8
not-as-new or rebuilt S&S pianos in practice rooms. The student’s
choices for where they practice are based more on room temperature than either
the newness or on the model of piano. Normally you’d expect both
professors and students to rush to the newer ones but that’s not been the
case here and the older rebuilt ones certainly cost less.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>__________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>David M. Porritt, RPT</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> of the Arts</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt'>Southern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dallas</span></font></st1:City><font
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w:st="on">75275</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>dporritt@smu.edu</span></font></a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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