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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.
<p>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.
<p>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.
<p>jmt
<br>RicB
<p>Wimblees@aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>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.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>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.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>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?</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Wim</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Willem Blees</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>University of Alabama</font></font></blockquote>
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<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>Bergen, Norway
<br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>
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