ebay ethics and suckers

[Leslie Bartlett]

A "real" pianist can speak more clearly to the "playability" of a piano than
a tech with very few piano skills. I played well enough to get through a
masters degree vocal piano barrier, which isn't much, and would never
qualify me as a pianist. I often tell people to have  good pianist play the
thing, then let a qualified tech look at the "machine" part of it, and then
persons would have a fairly clear picture of what they were purchasing.  It
seems to me it's a "we're in this together" situation, rather than a place
for wall building
les bartlett

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 6:42 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: ebay ethics and suckers


I would be willing to argue that a piano buyer who brings along their piano
teacher to evaluate a piano is not stupid. I think a qualified piano
technician could provide a much more thorough evaluation, but certainly any
experience piano player could provide a more informed opinion regarding a
piano's general condition than a non-player buyer.
 
Terry Farrell

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I always tell people: when you buy a used car, you take along a car
mechanic. When you buy a used piano, you take along a piano mechanic. It's
that simple. But people think they know it all. I wish I had a tiny fraction
of all the money that people waste each year buying junk pianos because the
buyers were stupid enough to bring along their PIANO TEACHER and not a
qualified technician!
 
Jesse Gitnik


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