With respect, I think that is straying into a different issue - the issue of dishonest and inept persons masquerading as capable professionals. Just the same as when a person unable to adequately tune a piano takes someone's money for doing so. If a person without the ability 'to do even the most basic repairs and restoration' claims he can make the piano sound and look "like new", and takes money on that basis, that is fraudulent. I am afraid there will always be frauds. But dealing with them is surely a rather different issue from the considerations we've been airing in this thread. Best, David. >It is one thing for a rebuilder with the ability and credentials like Del, Ron, David, etc., to rebuild a piano, regardless of it's original quality. But I'm afraid what is happening >way too often, are for technicians who do not have the ability to do even the most basic repairs and restoration, claiming they can make the piano sound and look "like new", >and convince the customer that their "heirloom" piano will be worth thousands of dollars, when all they are doing is some cosmetic patch up, shape the hammers, blow out the >dirt, and give it a tuning. Although there are many technicians who have the ability to do a lot more, for the most, unless a piano is completely "gutted" and brought back to >life, in the long run, anything less than that is not worth it. At least that's my opinion. (flame suit on). >Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090412/20cb48d2/attachment.html>
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