Thankyou Glenn for that very refreshing posting. What gratifying reading from one of our colleagues in the sales end of the buisness. Glenn Grafton wrote: > >Ron Lindquist wrote: > > > >> Some Piano is better than no Piano > >> > >> > > > > >We are all of course entitled to our own opinions and evalutations. I do not > >subscribe to the above statement at all. There is a point where "some piano" > >really becomes "no piano". > > I certainly agree. I used to work in our shop doing re-building and still > tune I get to see both sides of the issue. It is very common that parents > start out a search for a "good used piano" for their child to start piano > lessons on. > > Of course, to many parents a piano is a piano-as long as it's got 88 keys > and plays. A lot of what I do is to try to educate people coming into the > store as to the differences in different calibre pianos, their life spans, > etc. > > I try not to discount the potential in a good used piano as far as the > value goes, but in my experience for every well maintained used > Yamaha/Baldwin/Sohmer or other better quality piano there's probably 20 > junker spinets or uprights that should really be thrown out. Loose pins, > cracked bridges, etc. I always advise people if they're looking at a used > piano privatley to get a RPT member go out and check the piano over BEFORE > they buy it, understanding that for some reason there is a feeling of > pressure to make a decision now before someone else snaps up that beautiful > 40 year old Lester spinet that "just needs a tuning." > > Once a qualified tuner takes a look at the piano they are in a better > position to know what other work the piano needs-ie if the pins are loose > they'll know that up front and be able to factor the cost of that in with > the purchase price to see if the piano IS a good value or not. > > A recent call from a Dr. asked about a nice used Yamaha grand piano for a > very reasonable price she found. I recommended a piano tech. to look at the > piano. Turned out the piano was in a restaurant and had many years of > playing, spilled drinks in the action and was fairly beat. He advised her > NOT to buy the piano due to the amount of work was needed. > > Glenn Grafton > Grafton Piano & Organ Co. > Souderton PA > http://www.dprint.com/grafton/ > gleng@fast.net > 800-272-5980 > > The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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