<div>I also may be sarcastic and talk like this with you but I still take the work, it all spends! It's no worse than working in a Kimball or worse a Whitney spinet, or perhaps a LaPetite grand we all remember those beasts, now those I will turn down! At least the Suzuki I worked on had a "normal" grand action in it not that sorry excuse for one the LaPetite had. I figure the money spends whether I'm working on 100 year old junk or brand new junk and the brand new junk is cleaner, fewer mouse droppings!lol!! </div> <div>A local tech handed me a nice little job yesterday, a Knabe upright that had been beautifully refinished, keys rebushed about 10 years or so ago, original ivory still white a few chipped ones but they can be fixed or replaced. The hammers were so worn a full inch of hammer was striking the string! I suggested new hammers, removing the brass rails and having them anealed, dampers and buckskin on the catchers. The previous tech refused to work on it and told them to get a new piano! <br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Avery Todd</b> <<a href="mailto:ptuner1@gmail.com">ptuner1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>Of course I've heard of that. :-) Actually, I didn't make my comments "clearly drip with sarcasm" as you did. An oversight on my part. <grin></div><span class="sg"> <div> </div> <div>Avery Todd<br><br> </div></span> <div><span class="e" id="q_11478a09bb6812aa_2"> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Magness</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com" target="_blank">IFixPianos@yahoo.com </a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div><span><br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ron Nossaman</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net" target="_blank">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote: </span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>> This is "only" about an hour away from me but I'm not interested. Why<br>> would she buy a piano from someone in the Washington, DC/Baltimore area <br>> when she lives here?????<br><br>Maybe the legendary "It's just like a (insert fantasy here),<br>only cheaper" hallucination.<br>Ron N<br></blockquote></div><br></span></div>Haven't you heard of buying pianos online? I have a customer that bought a Suzuki Grand thru his Costco membership. I'm informed Suzuki pianos are sold online only, with pianodisc installed. They obviously wanted a "fine" ( READ DRIPPING WITH SARCASM)grand piano buying it thru a big box store without being able to play or hear it!  <br clear="all"><span><br>-- <br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target="_blank">www.IFixPianos.com </a> <br>email <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target="_blank">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </span></blockquote></div><br></span></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"> <br>-- <br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a>