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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=515202702-11012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I guess that is my assessment of what it would be worth to
me. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=515202702-11012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Joey</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dean May<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:14 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Pianotech
List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Just needs a little tuning!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I think you are a
little low on what the piano would be worth. A nice looking console in good
playing condition can fetch 1000-1500 around here. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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May</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName></U1:PERSONNAME><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">
cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Joey Recker<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:29
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re:
Just needs a little tuning!</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At least you confirmed my numbers
were in line. I told her 3000 for the stringing and hammers and associated
pitch raise. I told her there would likely be more charges at that point
aftere we found out what regulation and voicing needed to be accomplished.
I also told her at that point she would have a piano worth $400 (at best)
and could buy a brand new comparable piano for around $2500.00. So
at least we agree on the numbers. I was amazed that she wanted to do the
work. <BR><BR>I must report that she said she "thought" she wanted to have
it fixed, but was going to sleep on it before making a decision. She
hasn't called back so far...</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">:
"Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent</SPAN></B>: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:06
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To</SPAN></B>: "<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName>" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject</SPAN></B>: Re: Just needs a little
tuning!</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I've also been reading this thread
with some wonder. Just a quick tally of proposed fees for the minimum this piano
would need - complete restringing, new hammers, damper felt and action
& damper regulation, I come up with $2,800, which doesn't include running
back and forth to this guy's house, etc.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I gotta admit, I'm very curious what
the "just high enough" bid was and what the proposed tasks were. I'm also
curious what the suggested new and used comparable piano prices given were. I
mean, you can't even buy a piano that bad anymore - can you? They don't
make GRAND pianos anymore - do they? A new comparable piano - if there were
such a beast - might be $2K (just thinking that you can pick up some trashy
little thing today for about $2.5K)? And used - wholesale - zero; private retail
- $200 - $600; dealer retail - $1K - $1,300?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Only once have I refused to work on
a piano when the owner really wanted to do the/some work. Almost always I can
educate the owner toward some better options. Of course, when there is
significant sentimental value to the piano, all common sense goes out the window
- I know that and I can work with that. But that is reportedly not the case
here. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If a reputable piano tech can't make
the owner see the light in a situation like this,
then........</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$2,800 just to end up with a crappy
little piano? No, I would walk from this one - I would fear my reputation
suffering. For $2,800 the person could go to a dealer and buy an excellent
condition Yamaha P-22. With some legwork, they could find a decent U-1 or U-3 in
a private sale. For less than that cost they could find a later
model good condition American studio piano. When pianos like the aforementioned
are available at a similar or less cost, it makes NO sense whatsoever to sink
that kind of money into a low-end spinet.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Even if all the work needed cost
$500 - even if it were $200, I would still try to talk the owner into
replacement.....</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just my rant
worth.....</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Terry
Farrell</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original Message -----
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><SPAN class=988395507><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jeez, on an Aeolian spinet, I
would think the money would be better spent toward a better
piano.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=988395507><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">--David
Nereson, RPT</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=703550221><FONT face=Arial
color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Mamma said there
be days like this."</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=703550221><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=703550221><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=703550221><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></SPAN><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=703550221><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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Piano</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
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GA</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
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