Petrof reply back

[pianoman]

Hi Harvey,
TOUCHE!
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G.
 St. Louis, MO.
Competent Service since 1962
 Do what is right and do no harm
 Creator of  Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano  Peripherals

pianoman@inlink.com        

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> From: harvey <harvey@greenwood.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Petrof reply
> Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 6:35 PM
> 
> Whoa there, Mr. Caster Cup,
> 
> I'm not getting in the middle of the Petrof discussion, since I too
happen
> to like the revenue generated from picky customers who would like to buy
> "the rest of their piano" -- in whatever form that represents.
> 
> However, I am wondering whether you might have shot yourself in the foot
> with the analogy below? After purchase, do you not adjust your bandsaw?
Do
> you not check for run-out, or perhaps balance the wheels? Do you not
check
> that your table saw blade is 90-degrees to the table? Did you not spend
> quite a while getting your radial arm tweaked to perfection? Do you not
> periodically recheck your lathe for accuracy?
> 
> You get the idea. I'm sure you do these things and more. The difference
> being, a consumer can (hopefully) do these things. A piano is a different
> story.
> 
> Grebe said:
> >	I expect products I buy, power tools and the like, to not need further
> >tweaking to get them to work as well as they might.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Harvey, RPT
> harvey@greenwood.net