<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Juarez Cosmetic piano restoration</title></head><body> <div>At 9:47 PM -0700 8/31/04, David Andersen wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <blockquote><font face="Verdana">...  I challenge you to follow through and put me in front of one of your pianos installed in a home or church or whatever close to where I live.  If it's good, say B+ to A- commercial-grade piano work, I'll publicly apologize and I will give you a quote to use in your marketing.</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Verdana"><br> Let's be honest: the "pianos from Juarez"  have a less than stellar reputation and word of mouth currently among techs; this could be an unprecedented opportunity to change that perception.</font><br> <font face="Verdana"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Verdana">Fair enough?</font></blockquote> </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Verdana">Up to now, David, having read many of your posts on Pianotech, I have felt your integrity was unquestionable.</font></div> <div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Verdana">These comments of yours suggesting honesty and fairness, and your sense of importance for endorsement purposes, has changed that.</font></div> <div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Verdana">For the record: I am not one of those "among techs" you imply.</font></div> <div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Verdana">Keith</font></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild<br> USA<br> </div> </body> </html>