<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV><SPAN class=095311001-27072007>Even though the plate says Schafer & Sons? Except by already having learned this, how would I go about discovering this? I mean besides posting the question here. This is interesting.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=095311001-27072007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=095311001-27072007>-- Geoff</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=095311001-27072007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=095311001-27072007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=095311001-27072007></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>VOCE88@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 26, 2007 5:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Schafer & Sons question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Sorry to tell you, but she has a Dae Woo upright piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rich Galassini</DIV> <DIV>Cunningham PianoCo.</DIV> <DIV>(800) 394-1117</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/26/2007 7:32:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thetuner@ivories52.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>A bit of a curiosity here that perhaps one, or more, of you can shed some light on.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>Shafer & Sons WG-5 upright</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007><FONT face=Arial>sn: 810168 (<SPAN class=564240023-26072007>There are no letters preceding the serial number.)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>Pierce says 1985, BUT the dealers invoice for the purchase is dated 1981. And, she and the dealer invoice both claim that she bought it "new". </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>Also, at least two wound bass strings are mismatched and there are two philip head screws in the soundboard, along the grain and about 8" apart, right in the middle of the bass section. Since the mismatched strings are buzzing I'm going to be replacing both pairs.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>She has never had any strings replaced, and except for tuning, has never had any work done on it. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>So, how much of this description seems unreasonable to you for a new piano? Any ideas what's going on? Neither of us have a real problem with any of this. Except for the two buzzing strings the piano is very nice and performing well. But having found these discrepancies, we're now just curious about what she really has.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=564240023-26072007>-- Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007><FONT face=Arial>-- </FONT><A title=http://www.ivories52.com/ href="http://www.ivories52.com/"><FONT face=Arial>http://www.ivories52.com/</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=564240023-26072007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title=http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982 href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>