<!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><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Matthew,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Get yourself a ten foot pole.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>    I'll play devils advocate here.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>No matter what understanding  is arrived at, in two years when this thing comes apart and every other string starts breaking you will be known as the tech who "rebuilt " the piano. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>    I'm all for doing what we can within  a clients budget but I think your asking for trouble on this one.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Respectfully,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Tom Driscoll</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #008000 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=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</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> Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Water Damaged Piano Results</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi all,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I got a response back from the school with the water damaged Story and Clark, after I told them the news of it's condition.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>They would still like an estimate to get the instrument back into "playing" condition, not performance condition.  So, in other words, it would be classified as a restoration than a rebuild.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>To put the instrument in playing condition all that would need to be done would be hammer head replacement, damper felts, new cloth and felt in the action, trapwork, regulation and tuning.  I would leave the rusted strings, soundboard and pinblock.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, having said that, would it be a "professional" PTG standard to do that?  They would pay me so I could agree to it without question.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What I was thinking of doing was outlining in writing a complete rebuild price and then a seperate quote with what I listed above.  So that way if they agree to only the restoration, they can sign saying they declined the full rebuild and will accept the instrument on an "as is" basis, after the restoration.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thoughts and comments appreciated!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!<BR>Matthew<BR></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG. <BR>Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1404 - Release Date: 4/29/2008 6:27 PM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>