<div>Barbara -</div> <div> </div> <div>I service a half dozen or so of these and consider them mediocre at best.  Two of them are the most difficult pianos to tune of any in my 29 yrs. experience (OK, a Horugel takes top prize!).  As Terry mentioned, the name on the front is most certainly going to elevate the price far beyond its musical returns, compared to other consoles.  </div> <div> </div> <div>She can do better...</div> <div> </div> <div>Mark Potter   <BR><BR><B><I>Barbara Richmond <piano57@insightbb.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <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><BR>