<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>help</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wim has some good suggestions. IMHO, it would depend on what your recommendation consisted of. If it was a blanket positive recommendation "I am aware of a nice very good condition Acrosonic....", then your recommendation may have been faulty (maybe because as Wim pointed out, maybe the movers dropped it). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>On the other hand, if you said something like what I try to say when asked: "Yes, I have serviced Mrs. Xxx's Acrosonic several times. My recollection from when I serviced it last - about xx months ago - was than it was a nice little piano. However, not having done a thorough pre-purchase inspection at that time, and more importantly, not recently, I wouldn't want to stake my reputation on it's condition. I recommend that we give it a good inspection prior to purchase." Or something along those lines. I try to make it clear that it is likely a good piano and worth pursuit, but I am not willing to vouch for its condition at this time without inspecting it. IMHO, doing something along these lines keeps one in the clear - and in fact does the potential buyer a favor.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>If your recommendation was faulty - I guess you have to let your conscience be your guide. To be honest, I'm not sure what I would do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</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><FONT face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>A lady bought a little Acrosonic, made in the 70's on my recommendation. I'd tuned it for about three years,and last time I saw the piano it was in excellent condition.  So, today was first tuning for the new owner.   </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I noticed the frame separating, what looked like a bit of plate separating from the pin block, found sections horribly low- certainly too low to be only a year since it was tuned.  C#3 I think, the lowest note on the treble bridge sounds more like a thud than a note- kind of like a bridge separation.   Since I recommended the piano, which was in excellent shape when I last saw it, I feel somewhat responsible for these people not getting what they paid for.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>How would others of you handle this?</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>les bartlett<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>