In a message dated 98-06-09 19:44:57 EDT, you write: << I just bought a nice Yamaha GH-1 which I plan to market as a rental. This piano is so clean and shiny, I sort of hate to do it, but I like to have a good piano when a rental is possible. Does anyone have any suggestions for preserving rentals? I thought of attaching a "don't" list on the desk, supplying a little table for drinks, putting plexiglass on the desk, etc. Philip Jamison "preserving rentals" is an oxymoran. If you have a piano available for renting, it's going to get beat up. It might take a couple of years, but there is no way of preserving the piano you send out to parties. No matter how much you threaten the clients to keep the piano in pristine condition, and no matter how much instructions you give them, there is always an excuse on how the piano got beat up that you did not think of. If you want a good piano for rental, get one that does not have a polyester case. Laquer is much easier to repair that polyester, and real wood does not chip as easy. I have a large piano rental fleet, all of which are long term and in private homes. I tried the one night stands for a while, using some of my better pianos, but I got out of it because of the hastle, and the loss of money. The rental income I made from the one night stand was eaten up by the repairs I had to make to the piano to keep it looking nice, and in good working order. Good luck WIllem Blees RPT St. Louis
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