<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Wim wrote: </EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>I</EM></FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>used to work for a guy who sold used pianos. He wasn't a piano player or technician, but loved selling them. He was very particular about who he sold his piano to. He would go to a customers house to see where the piano was going to be placed, and ask detailed question about who was going to play it, and how it was going to be played. If he didn't think the piano would be treated right, he refused to sell the piano. In other words, he was eccentric.</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wim, sounds like a fellow I knew up in the New England area. He sold mostly Steinways and Masons. Regulated and tuned them to perfection. He would decide if he would sell you a piano and which one you could buy from him.  If you came into his store with a baby or baby carriage he would show you the door. Eccentric was putting it mildly. I thought there was only one like him.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</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=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steinway Concert Grand -- player piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Ben<BR><BR>Your concern seems to be the effect on how the action plays and the sound of the piano. A correctly installed Piano Disc system alters neither. After the installation, you will not be able to tell any difference in the way the action feels, nor what the piano sounds like.<BR><BR>I used to work for a guy who sold used pianos. He wasn't a piano player or technician, but loved selling them. He was very particular about who he sold his piano to. He would go to a customers house to see where the piano was going to be placed, and ask detailed question about who was going to play it, and how it was going to be played. If he didn't think the piano would be treated right, he refused to sell the piano. In other words, he was eccentric. <BR><BR>When I sold pianos, as long as the check didn't bounce, I could care less what they did with the piano once it left my store.  If you don't need the money, then don't sell it to them. Otherwise, once they buy it from you, it's theirs to do with what they want.<BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Benjamin Loeb <ben@benloeb.com><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 6:42 am<BR>Subject: Steinway Concert Grand -- player piano<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_57654116-c964-4d81-a3f9-ff0cf9206daf>Does anyone have any feelings about turning a Steinway concert grand into an electronic player piano?  I have a potential buyer of my piano who wants to add the disc system, or something like that.  As a piano purist, I am considering not selling her the piano if she is serious because I don't want to affect the quality of the sound or action of the piano.  But, is it possible to attach these devices without affecting anything?  The piano would be in her home, but would be used for rather large (~100 people) home performances. <DIV><BR> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>Benjamin Loeb</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3><A href="http://www.benloeb.com/" target=_blank>www.benloeb.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>p/f (915) 875-0231</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>c (915) 525-4033</FONT></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>= </DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CA72BDC79C27D0-1178-2103><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Get the <A title=http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003 href="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" target=_blank>MapQuest Toolbar</A>, Maps, Traffic, Directions & More!</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>