Theodore, list,
I agree that there is a chance for confusion with the terminology used for
various levels of piano work.
At 07:10 PM 11/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>The Piano Technicians Guild MUST get these terms defined.
Is it really in the realm of the Guild to do this?
>With my 20+ years in this buisness I CANNOT tell you what any of them
>mean with a fair degree of certainty.
Oh, but don't you have your own ideas that you use when presenting options
to your customers?
>They ALL mean different things to you
>guys too.
Maybe not as different as you might think......
> I am familiar with one member who re-manufactures, the factory says
>"only the factory can re-manufacture," Who IS telling the truth????
Which factory? Isn't a major rebuilding shop a "factory" in it's own right?
>I think
>that the PTG should and MUST set the standard for these terms.
Again, why PTG? And how would the standards be enforced? Perhaps a
"suggested guideline" might be more in order. How about yours? Could you
perhaps share your basic outline of what the nomenclature and levels of
re-whatever might be?
> The
>legalities have come up occasionally but how many times have you heard that a
>piano has been RE-BUILT Only to see that the most that has been done to it
>was MAYBE cleaned. One technician rebuilds, the competator says it eas
>re-conditioned NOT re-built.
Oh, yeah. Seen some amazing "rebuilds". Love it when a customer tells me
that "YOU" rebuilt it, back when, based on the recollection that whatever
was done cost at least twice what the current
every-four-years-whether-it-needs-it-or-not-pitch raise costs.
>WHO is lying????
Maybe nobody.... remember.... they don't know the terms! :^)
>Someone must be!!! Do YOU
>know????????/
No, of course not. I trust everybody.........
> Theodore Mamel RPT
> Pittsburgh Chapter
Guy
Guy Nichols, Member, PTG
nicho@lascruces.com
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