An old and regularly re-hashed topic but... It never ceases to amaze me what people will sell on e-bay and the poor uneducated suckers who buy some of this crap. Over the years we have all seen this. I recall some years back someone here discovered a "who cares and sons" junky grand being advertised as a "Steinway in excellent condition". Enough technicians sent embarrassing "how dare you" comments to the seller that we eventually forced it to be taken off. Here is a new one. A set of old vintage and worthless action parts. It's advertised as "Mason and Hamlin-Steinway". Never mind the two are not interchangable! From the picture you can clearly see the hammers are worn and flat, the knuckles are egg shaped, and the overall condition looks worn and pathetic. It says "The action was very responsive and not sluggish but the owner wanted a new action". Ya, sure. Some poor fool will buy this crap and think they were going to put them on their piano? A sucker is born every minute. E-bay listing is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Mason-Hamlin-BB-PIANO-Set-of-88-Action-Parts-Steinway_W0QQitemZ130074342274QQihZ003QQcategoryZ64431QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV
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