[pianotech] need help in Belgium

[David Ilvedson]

That's great...how far is a little jaunt from Amsterdam to Belgium?   Europe is so small compared to the US...I love it!!!!
David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044

Original message
From: "andré oorebeek" 
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 3/11/2009 9:53:01 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] need help in Belgium

Well David A. (hello),
I can easily drive down to Belgium and help the customer in a decent way, but the cost is the problem.
If he wants to pay, no problem.
It is extremely difficult to find a highly trained technician there, I know.

Friendly greetings
From
André Oorebeek

Antoni van Leeuwenhoekweg 15
1401 VW Bussum
the Netherlands 

+31 652 388008
+31 35 6975840

oorebeek at gmail.com
www.concertpianoservice.nl 

"where music is no harm can be"
  
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On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:55 PM, David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote:

Hey listers---- 
Can we get this guy some help? Sounds like he'd be a grateful and happy client....
David A.

"My particular situation here in Belgium is far less comfortable.
There are hardly any competent independant technicians at hand, most technicians being employed by dealers are dealers providing the technical service themselves.
As an example I bought an Estonia 168 some 3 months ago and 'misjugdged' the competencies of this only Estonia dealer in the country.
Result even the minor regulation jobs that need to be done will effectively be done - if all goes well - 4 months after delivery of the instrument and still we are not talking about bringing the instrument to it's full potential!
E.g an 'oinking' problem on some trichord dampers needs to be fixed. Dealers doesn't know what to do, hesitates, considers several solutions, didn't do anything so far, doesn't want to lose controll over the issue by having it mended by a third party and will now take the piano back to his workshop next week to have a look at it together with a colleague tech. Just dreadful.
I know of a very good tech in Germany who could take care of all these issue in just a couple of hours. Only for every - say 3 hrs job at my home - I would have to pay him 7 hrs travel expenses. An option for an immergency operation perhaps but not for the future long term maintenance of a piano.
Piano life is not ideal anywhere in the world!
You do not happen to know by coincidence a good tech in Belgium do you?
Kind regards,
Luc (schwammerl), Belgium" 
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