<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The money isn't there in the top end but the quality often is. Occasionally someone is willing to put 12K or so to restore an old piece, then you got a job. If I weren't a tech and I inherited an old upright along with xhundred thousand dollars from Grandma, I just might be compelled to restore her old piano. Happens all the time, all the time, in the 50 to 60 year old demographic pie slice. The wife doesn't want that old thing in the house unless it's restored. I'm not looking for those jobs, but they do come along.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=gnewell@ameritech.net href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</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> Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Bass Bridge Position-upright</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Del,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">                I wonder if this is a coastal phenomenon. I’ve read that there seems to be some small demand for these old beasts in your area but we can’t seem to give them away around here. I’d seriously love one of those shredders to clear away some of the dead wood. Perhaps it’s the changeable climate that just renders them mostly beyond economical repair by this point. Less my stance be misconstrued, I love a good old upright. Heck, I grew up playing one. The operative word though, has to be … good!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Greg Newell<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Greg's Piano Forté<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">www.gregspianoforte.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">216-226-3791 (office)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">216-470-8634 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Delwin D Fandrich<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:32 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Pianotech List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Bass Bridge Position-upright<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">I love seeing these old things. The old upright has long been maligned and discounted as not being a "real" piano. Yet with some decent design work they can, and do, rival grands with scales of comparable length. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">We don't often come across customers with the specific need for a great upright piano but when we do the pianos always deliver.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Del</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Delwin D Fandrich<BR>Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant<BR>620 South Tower Avenue<BR>Centralia, Washington 98531  USA<BR>Phone  360.736-7563<BR><<A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"> <o:p></o:p></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: navy 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><o:p> </o:p></P> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 11, 2008 6:39 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass Bridge Position-upright</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Greg, what do you mean by "Probably better than the old upright deserved."? I presume you meant from a financial standpoint? I'd have to agree with you there. But from a musical instrument point of view, I would respectfully disagree. What if you want an absolute top-sounding piano and simply do not have the room for a decent sized grand in your 500 square foot abode? This approach here is the ticket!</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Terry Farrell</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>