<!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 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV align=center><STRONG>BRUCE GIBSON PIANO TECHNICIAN</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hello Barbara.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I agree with you about the Steinway consoles.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From the mechanical end of things, I think she would be better off with a <STRONG>built in Japan</STRONG> Kawai or Yamaha. They might not suit her tonally, although this as you know can be adjusted somewhat, but I believe these companies put together the best functioning pianos in the world. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well, that's my 2 cents worth.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good luck with your sister-in-law.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bruce Gibson<BR>Piano Technician</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>P.O. Box 21063<BR>Saskatoon, SK<BR>CANADA<BR>S7H 5N9</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cell - 306.221.3786<BR>Fax - 306.955.3725<BR><A href="mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com">bruce@bgpianotech.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.bgpianotech.com">www.bgpianotech.com</A><BR></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=piano57@insightbb.com href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">Barbara Richmond</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> Friday, September 22, 2006 7:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> S Consoles</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Help!  Quick!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My sister-in-law is on the hunt for a used piano and has asked me to look at a Steinway Console for her.  It's been a long, long time since I've serviced any of these and only remember that I didn't like them.  Besides difficulty in tuning is there anything else I can say to persuade her to look elsewhere?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>E-mail privately if you don't want to go on record.....  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">piano57@insightbb.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>