<!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 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Paul,  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I may have only discreetly rolled my eyes when I heard it.  In an effort to be well behaved, I didn't even mumble an "Oh, brother.."   :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did, BTW, pick up a couple of helpful tips--so all was not lost (as sometimes is).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>trying to be a good girl, near Peoria, Illinois</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=tunergeek@gmail.com href="mailto:tunergeek@gmail.com">paul bruesch</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 02, 2007 11:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: What would Steinway do</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>So by the same line of reasoning, only a '57 Chevy rebuilt at the GM ("Authorized") rebuilding facility is an "authentically restored" '57 Chevy, right? <BR><BR>It's kinda like the RPT vs non-RPT argument. Just because someone/something is "authorized" or "certificated" doesn't mean that everyone/everything else is unqualified... and from what I see and hear, the factory/dealer doesn't necessarily do a fabulous job, either. <BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 3/2/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Barbara Richmond</B> <<A href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">piano57@insightbb.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As the Steinway tech said in class, it's the only "Authorized" rebuilding facility...   :-O</FONT></DIV><SPAN class=sg> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>br</FONT></DIV></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=e id=q_111137bb258ce0b3_2> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: rgb(228,228,228) 0% 50%; FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial"><B>From:</B> <A title=jonpage@comcast.net onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net" target=_blank>Jon Page</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target=_blank>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 02, 2007 9:45 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B> What would Steinway do </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Rebuild customer wants to make sure that his O ends up "authentically restored"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Then that, by definition, would have to restored at the S&S rebuilding facility.</DIV> <DIV>Anything short of that will be a pale facsimile.</DIV><PRE>-- <BR></PRE> <DIV><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>