I ran into a case where a local company bought a piano from a bandit and they called me to tune it. It had a small metal plate screwed to the plate that said "Baldwin". When I removed it to see what it really was it said "Grand Piano Co." I told the lady who represented the buyer to call this bandit and say "I have a deal for you! Come get this piano and bring me back the money we paid and I won't call the police and file charges of counterfeiting." She called me back about a month later to let me know that they got their money back! dp David M. Porritt dporritt at smu.edu ________________________________ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 7:34 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Illegal? A while ago I was called to tune an old upright piano that had been beautifully refinished. The fallboard had a Steinway decal, but the piano was not a Steinway! In fact, no name could be found on the plate. Now, the character that sold this lady the piano not only did something that was disgusting an unethical, I believe it was illegal. Am I correct? Jesse Gitnik NYC Tech. since 1980 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070202/301c4940/attachment-0001.html
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