<!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 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff background=""> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: Ryan Sowers = <BR>To: Pianotech <BR>Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 4:26 PM<BR>Subject: Re: = ebay piano story<BR><BR><BR>> Good point Phil.<BR><BR>> The moral of the = story is: Have the piano checked out by an experienced and reputable technician.<BR><BR><BR>> Another story: A client with a very talented = daughter found a M&H AA over the internet in San Diego. It belonged = to a professional > pianist (people always think that's a GOOD thing for = some reason.) I made a few calls to find out a couple of names of reputable = > techs in the area and gave the client their numbers. Both techs = evaluated the piano: One said it needed a complete rebuild and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> the other said it was in great = condition! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>So = how is it a reputable tech could have said it was great if it had all those = problems?  Did he or she have "a hand" in the sale?  Sort of makes one wonder = what reputable means.  Of course, some techs are reputable just because = they've been in business a long time--not really based on their quality of work = or ethics.  Although one would think that the dishonest ones would run out of customers, but t</FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>here's always a new victim to be found.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML>