<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>RE: [CAUT] Hello - and looking for piano replacement help</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080">Rob, list,</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080">My main problem with so called "dealer programs" is that the pianos are usually not prepped and, being new, have all the instability of new pianos. So what happened is I would prep the pianos and do the extra tunes needed, bring them up to optimal condition regulationally, and then the dealer would trade them out! Sometimes right after I did all the work! (Lifting/leveling coils & strings, full regulation as needed, easing keys, etc. etc.) Even at the years end they were just beginning to be stable and where I wanted them to be. Oh yeah, it's a great deal for the dealerŠthey could really sell them AFTER I did the big work. JMO, but I'm not sold that these programs should be encouraged.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080">Here at BYU in 1984 we bought 10 new UST7s for around $1800.00 each, and this year (after 20 years use) sold them for around $1400.00 each. We go maintain them well and go over them before they're sold so they are fairly decent. Net result is that we had the pianos for about $20.00 per year! Works for us!</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080">Jim Busby RPT</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080">Brigham Young University</font></blockquote> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000080"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">Well said Jim. I can't understand the 'sense' of flogging off piano inventory practically the moment it begins to be stable.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000080"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">Ron O.</font></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>