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Are you <u>really</u> going to do the job? or..... recommend your
worst enemy?<br>
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Phil Ryan<br>
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Joey Recker wrote:
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial"><span class="703550221-05012007">"Mamma said there be
days like this."</span></font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial"><span class="703550221-05012007">This morning I woke up
to a terrible rain storm. My first piano of the day was a new customer
only 10 miles away who told me she had an upright piano that just
needed a "tuning".</span></font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial"><span class="703550221-05012007">I arrived to find a 1975
Henry F. Miller Spinet. It didn't look too bad from the outside. Then
I opened it up. the felt on every single hammer is seperating from the
hammers. I counted 24 bass strings broken, and 26 treble strings.</span></font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial"><span class="703550221-05012007">I showed her what it
looked like on the inside and she asked me if it was worth fixing. I
told her that she was the only one who could decide that. I gave her a
price for re-stringing, and replacing all the hammers and a good
cleaning. I explained to her what a comperable piano would cost her to
purchase new and used. I bid the job high enough (but fair for the
amount of work that needs to be done) and figured that no sane person
would want to put that kind of money into this piano. She wants it
fixed! </span></font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="703550221-05012007">I usually just lurk here and glean all the
knowlege I can from you fine folks, but my new year's resolution is to
participate more in the list. I thought this gem of a piano was worth
sharing. I'm just glad all it needed was a good tuning! I don't think
I could stand it if it needed some serious work done!</span></font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="703550221-05012007">Joey</span></font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="703550221-05012007">On Key Piano</span></font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span
class="703550221-05012007">Plains, GA</span></font></font></div>
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