Fw: Rebuilding Candidate

[Carl Meyer]

Dale   Don't yuall know Jim Bryant has the copyright on that kinda slang?

Carl


----- Original Message -----
From: "Erwinpiano" <Erwinpiano@email.msn.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 3:34 PM
Subject: Fw: Fw: Rebuilding Candidate


> Hi Paul
>
>  my comments are interspersed below.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Rebuilding Candidate
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Hey Paul
>
>   I don't like to beat a dead horse but every market is different and also
> we to some degree make, shape and cultivate our own personal market niche
> just as other product purveyors do.  Advertisement, product features and
> good sales techniques all combine to create customer awareness and desire
> for those products.  I know I hate that side of it but it's a reality you
> can choose to embrace or ignore.
>
> As to the dislike of the term remanufacturing. Here it comes hmmmmm
>
>     Let's see, I built me a new sound board for this here steinway
> pianani but soundwoods manufactured the panel and well I rewooded those
> bridge top thingees so I guess that was some sort a manuufauxurin type a
> proocess an all.  Oh yeah I put me in one a those buolduucy tuunin pin
> tightner holders oh shucks ,I forgot again they manufactured that ,I just
> put in onand drilled them holes in the right place and hopefully the right
> size an all.
>     Oh an then thars them new roseland piani keys whee doggggeis the sure
> are pretty an I'm sure that was another manufactured wood shaped deevices.
> But the hardest part for me was carving all themm little stick doodads
that
> have those drum sticky lookin piani wire strikers.  Now that was
> remanufacturin FOR SURE!!!!!
>  i GOT MORE TO SAY LATER.
> yA'ALL COME BACK HEAR?
>
> dALE( tHE WOODCHUCK)eRWIN
> BORED TO DEATH
>
>
> > 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
>
>