<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 05, 2003 3:48 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Viennese Grand = Action Regulation</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>Delwin D Fandrich wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=+0>I'm sure the restorers among us = won't approve but the last one we did got a new keyset and Renner action stack. = The owner is thrilled with his "new" piano.</FONT></FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=+0>Del</FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT><BR>Nothing = inherently wrong with this as far as I can tell... as long as all is up front and = there are no pretentions of this being anything else then a "new" piano as = you say.  Its not a restored piano... its a rebuilt one. Thats cool = :) <P>RicB </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>And done at = the request of the owner. As is most common with our work. I get the impression that = some seem to think we somehow force our ideas in secret on the poor, unsuspecting customer. Quite the opposite. Most often we're doing what we do because = the conventional work and techniques didn't work, leaving the piano owner = poorer and frustrated. Typically they come here <EM>because</EM> we do the unconventional.</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>