For the benefit of the clueless and uninitiated (e.g. me), could someone please provide a definition for "Polish rebuild" and "Mexican Sama job"??<br><br>Paul Bruesch<br>Stillwater, MN<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 7/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><em> Hi Gene</em></strong></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><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></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><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></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><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></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><em> In this case the client swallowed hook,line &
sinker. How truly unfortunate.</em></strong></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><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></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><em> Moral of story. Don't work for this type of
retailer</em></strong></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><em> Rant over...done...for now... maybe</em></strong></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><em> Dale</em></strong></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="q">
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" 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></span></font></div>
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