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<DIV>Hi Dale,</DIV>
<DIV>Sorry to hear that this situation is more common than I had thought.</DIV>
<DIV>I am about 99.5% disengaged from this retailer - happy to say.</DIV>
<DIV>I felt totally taken advantage of and my people skills were really put to
the test - loyalties also tested.</DIV>
<DIV>Gene</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 15, 2007 3:25 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: What's up with these Polish
rebuilds at U.S. dealers?</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM> Hi Gene</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> I've seen many of these. It's one step up from
the Mexican Sama job. They don't replace boards in Europe
routinely.....re crown them sometimes but rarely replace from what I've heard
on this list. Shim it yes, many many shims</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> The thing is...... Dealers are business folks not
usually Artisans & some people will... just like trout .......go for shiny
sparkly rather than the real deal.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> If a dealer gets the price of new M for trash
like this then in my book, that's fraudulent, or maybe just an excellent
rip off artist with a great line. same thing</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> In this case the client swallowed hook,line &
sinker. How truly unfortunate.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> INMO it would be better for these kinds of
dealers to go do something like sell refrigerators or ice to
Eskimos.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Moral of story. Don't work for this type of
retailer</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM> Rant over...done...for now...
maybe</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I had
only one experience.<BR>1918 SSM<BR>First impression was confusing - nice
high gloss poly with beautiful <BR>matching veneer inner rim, music desk and
fallboard - this and the Steinway <BR>name threw the first curve. New action
to include frame and keys. However, <BR>glides were omitted and the
sostenuto monkey guide as well.<BR>Action was not even close to being
balanced at over 70 grams down and less <BR>than 19 up.<BR>Back action was
original and I replaced it. The lift lever tray was badly <BR>warped and
they had gone to great pains to make the dampers work ok.<BR>Sound board
appeared new but on closer inspection it had been stripped, <BR>bleached and
refinished very carefully - it was dead.<BR>Many case parts did not fit well
because of the extra thick finish.<BR>The una chorda stop on the cheek block
was missing.<BR>All trap levers were new.<BR>The action was not regulated
very well and a few samples showed over 10.5mm <BR>dip - customer did not
want me to do any regulation.<BR>It was the shiny kind of thing that trout
like people go for.<BR>The rebuilder did not include a
disclaimer.<BR><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3>The customer paid about the same
price as for a new SSM.<BR></FONT></EM></STRONG>As I was working for the
retailer it was a difficult situation.<BR>I will avoid them in the
future.<BR>Gene Nelson<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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