---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Geeshh... thats right.... you're in Vegas.... Gawd... think of tuning for all those casinos... I hope they turn off the aural bubble bath for the time it takes you to tune. Must be fun Robert. Cheers RicB Robert Goodale wrote: > More obvious than not the constant "close to 100% humidity" > compounded with salt air is causing major havoc on these pianos. They > would probably require at least a day's work every six months to > remain simi-playable. Their attitude toward maintenance sounds > verbatim of what it's like in Las Vegas hotels. Spend a billion > dollars on a hotel/casino, by a piano, forget about it until the legs > fall off. They get regular tuning, sometimes twice a week, but could > care less how many spilled drinks and cigarette ashes are in them, how > flat the hammers are, how out of regulation they are, how beat up they > are from constant moving, etc. Sometimes they give you an opportunity > to do SOME work only if the pianist regularly complains and begs, but > pulling the action and taking it to the shop for a few days is out of > the question. The MGM is the worst, (that I am currently aware of). > The policy is that they will not replace any durable good unless their > accountants can ascertain that the item will pay for itself within a > five year period, (i.e. the profits gained from it's use must be able > to cover the replacement cost in five years), few exceptions. Just a > hint: The current pianos are now about 8+ years old and terrible. I > think your only hope in this case is to professionally present > yourself to the company's entertainment department chief and detail > your findings. Present a rehearsed argument as to why the work is > necessary given the replacement cost of the instrument, (and when it > comes down to it, longevity and replacement costs are what they are > most interested in). If you can present them with some long term > expense figures, possibly even some maintenance recommendations in a > letter directly from Steinway, you might be able to wedge a crowbar > into their wallets. Good luck, Rob Goodale, RPTLas Vegas, NV <major > snip> > > What I can't understand is how a piano can get to 4 years > old in a situation where it is played constantly and still > not be stable in the above area. What have I missed. No I > did not do the other pianos or do more work on the main one, > reason, they only want the pianos tuned and that's all they > will pay for. Doing the extra was for my benefit. Still > learning. But, I am annoyed that I can't do my job as I want > to. Regards Tony Caught > Darwin Australia > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0b/fd/1c/cd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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