University Sales - My two cents worth

[Dave Nereson]

> My recommendation:  If you are a university tech and NOT currently on a
> loan program and a dealer approaches the school to try and start one,
> educate the administration on what is at stake and urge them to run away
> like the wind.  It's not worth it and the only one who wins is the
> dealer who suckers the public into thinking they are getting some kind
> of a deal.  Instead I would urge establishing a fund each year toward
> purchasing a single new piano and at least partially rebuilding one or
> two others.
> Rob Goodale, RPT'
> Las Vegas, NV

    I agree.  I'm not a university tech, but have helped a colleague with
the tunings for a few years when they get all new pianos at the beginning of
a semester.  They're difficult to tune, are going to go flat right away,
need touch-up regulating, breaking-in, voicing, and will require several
tunings during the school year rather than just one or two.  A local
university here has discontinued the program, I believe, as it wasn't worth
the hassle.         David Nereson, RPT, Denver