In a message dated 3/26/2001 7:59:08 PM Central Standard Time,
Erwinpiano@email.msn.com writes:
<< Actually the well re-manufactured piano is worth as much or more than
the "new ones " (in my opinion) because of the non assembly line aspect of
small shop operations,individual pride, attention to details and the freedom
to make changes and improvements without the cumbersome bureaucracy of the
corporate structure.
Just my two cents worth(Propaganda)
Dale Erwin
>>
Dale:
I just couldn't resist responding to this. While I agree wholeheartedly with
the sentiment, and with the truth of the value of "real" wood pianos, cured
out and stable, and probably better made then than most now, I have two
observations.
1) There is a market resistance line for these pianos which jiggles between
$4500 and maybe $8000 which makes it really hard to justify the amount of
work and materials that the piano deserves. Perhaps this is just a Chicago
market phenomenon, but I suspect that it has analogues elsewhere. I wish it
were not true, because it truly would open up a whole lot of new business for
those who do speculative rebuilding (not including me right now, but you
never know).
2) I've forever had a thing about the word "remanufacturing"; it has always
sounded too factory-like and cold.
More thoughts?
PR-J
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