<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Here's some info that Kendall Ross Bean and Karen E. Lile have put together:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.pianofinders.com/buyers/PFS/overview.htm">http://www.pianofinders.com/buyers/PFS/overview.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.pianofinders.com/services/pinspection1.htm">http://www.pianofinders.com/services/pinspection1.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>SHUSTERpiano.com</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=thetuner@ivories52.com href="mailto:thetuner@ivories52.com">Geoff Sykes</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 29, 2006 7:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: piano evaluation checklist</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=546264701-30062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm not interested in appraising the piano, only evaluating it's condition and advising the customer, (mine), on the merits and pitfall$ of the instrument. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=546264701-30062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=546264701-30062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A><BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 29, 2006 5:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: piano evaluation checklist<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Don't let them push you into giving a dollar value on the spot.  Gather lots of information about the piano, and also about what the customer actually wants, then go home and think it through. You are not required to give the value that the customer wants, or to offer to repair for the price the customer wants to pay!</DIV> <DIV>Ed S.<BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Geoff Sykes <THETUNER@IVORIES52.COM><BR>Sent: Jun 29, 2006 6:17 PM <BR>To: "Pianotech@Ptg. Org" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: piano evaluation checklist <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii" HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name="GENERATOR"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781000822-29062006>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781000822-29062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781000822-29062006>I have never done a piano evaluation before but I have been called upon to do one. In preparation I have been re-reading Larry Fine. So many things one never really thinks about when simply tuning and maintaining the beasts. Anyway, s</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781000822-29062006>everal months ago I remember, or perhaps imagined, that someone here posted a rather detailed piano evaluation checklist. I have already searched the archives and can't find it. Does someone here have something like this they would be willing to share, or should I just go ahead and reinvent it? </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781000822-29062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781000822-29062006>-- Geoff  Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781000822-29062006>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>