When I first started out, as some of you know, I also worked for local dealerships. Peterson Pianos was one of them. I was a learning tech back then too so I was a piano mover and whatever else they wanted me to do. Basically, a peon, sort of like now. <G> We had to make many repo's over the years. Some Baldwin's some Yamaha's and some Universal Player Pianos which none us liked anyway. Not to mention they weighed a lot. I do not recall anyone having a cow over us coming to repo their piano although, the owner, Jerry Peterson always came along with us. Jerry was always kind about it. In these cases, he had always made prior arrangements with them for the pickup. Upon our arrival, we were always as pleasant as possible which I think they respected in light of what was taking place in their lives. They were losing their 'baby.' I recall some other instances too where Jerry could not make contact at all with some people. Either they would not answer their phones or, they would hang up. In those cases, we would load up the truck, drive right over there knowing they were home, usually surprising them, knock on the door and then show our legal document saying we had the right to remove the piano. They always let us in. We would hook up and go as quickly as possible. These people were not always so nice and agreeable. We always were though. Jer From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of CHARLES BECKER Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:26 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] History I wonder what it was like to be the piano repo man . It would be difficult to be stealthy I'm sure. Actually in this economy there probably are still some out there. Any repo stories? ----- Original Message ----- From: David Love <mailto:davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] History Can you believe the outrageous interest they were charging in those days! David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of CHARLES BECKER Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 9:27 AM To: PTG Subject: [pianotech] History I found all the original paperwork in a 1927 Chickering Model F grand piano. I thought some of you might be interested. The transaction was in Boston. The Chickering sold for $1375. There was a trade-in of two uprights. 1895 Ivers and Pond and an 1895 Burton player( Henry F. Miller) the trade-in amount was $375. $ 100 down no interest for 60 days then 6% interest per annum. There is a release for the uprights as well as a hand-written warranty. I like finding this stuff. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100214/b231cb6e/attachment.htm>
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