<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/15/2004 8:03:29 PM Central Standard Time, edoss@utm.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Guys,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are preparing to bid out the complete = rebuild of two Steinway Bs.  I have put together a bid spec sheet but was wondering if any of you had one you could attach to use as comparison?&nbs= p; I don't think I left anything out, but don't want to be too specific either.  Any help would be much appreciated.  BTW, I'm all for sending them out on bid for these rebuilds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></= DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Elwood</DIV> <DIV>It's understandable that you need to send out bids, but who will make t= he final decision as to who gets to do the work, you, with the know how on evaluating the bid, or the bean counters, who only look at the bottom line? Also, will you have any input as to who gets to submit the bids in the first= place, or, again, is the purchasing department just picking names from the p= hone book?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>