On Dec 13, 2007 10:12 AM, Noah Haverkamp <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: "David Nereson" <dnereson at 4dv.net> To: "Pianotech List" < > pianotech at ptg.org> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:45:10 -0700 Subject: Re: > plastic flanges > "....I just finished replacing all the hammer and wippen flanges on a 1948 > Winter spinet. (Why people want to put money into these things, I don't > know.) ...." > > Why? Because I intend to keep my wife, my only one, for atleast one > lifetime. I wonder if there's a connection between superfluous trash and > divorce rates? If something can be fixed, and it serves a valuable purpose, > then it should be fixed. I own a 1935 Winter spinet and have no problems > with it. I recently did some work on and sold a 1949 Winter spinet and the > owner is delighted. Our society's preoccuapation with "if it's broke, don't > fix it" is like a disease. > > > > Noah Haverkamp > Know-a Piano > http://www.knowapiano.com > 347-308-0094 > Fax: 718-701-2071 I agree with you Noah but for a different reason. I began my career as a piano tech almost 39 years ago we rebuilt a Steinway grand in class at the course I took. I didn't see or touch another Steinway for 15 years afterward but instead worked primarily on old uprights, spinets and consoles. I had promised myself when I began that I wouldn't become a piano"snob" but instead work on whatever came my way. I have adhered to that promise ever since. I educate my customers, I explain the he good and bad points of their pianos if they want to proceed, I'll do the work. It all spends the same. Mike -- A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071213/bfbe0295/attachment.html
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