<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I should add that this non-payment was in all likelihood not Samick's fault.  I doubt if the customer ever asked for reimbursement.  <br> <br> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As Gerry Cousins stated, as long as you follow protocol with Samick and have everything well-documented, there shouldn't be an issue.<br> </font></div> <div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div id="sig6963" style="clear: both;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Stahl, RPT<br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br> dstahlpiano.net</font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: piannaman@aol.com<br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:12 pm<br> Subject: Re: SAMICK - no pay? or slow pay?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_3_8e37b2f4-7568-4ce5-8d2c-ce322183b38b"> <div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dianne,<br> <br> </font>I have a particular fondness for these pianos...it's on one of these that I learned to ream and repin quickly and efficiently.  Yes, they were covered with the same crud.  I think it's graphite.  <br> <br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Most of the hammer, wippen, rep lever, and jack centers were tight.  Some of the underlever flanges acted up later, too. <br> <br> I never did figure out the warranty policy for this issue.  I was paid by the owner, and he was never reimbursed by Samick to the best of my knowledge.  <br> <br> Good Luck!<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div id="sig8842" style="clear: both;"><font>Dave Stahl, RPT<br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> <a href="mailto:dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net">dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net</a><br> dstahlpiano.net</font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Farrell <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>><br> To: Pianotech List <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 5:59 pm<br> Subject: Re: SAMICK - no pay? or slow pay?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_3_9ec06b09-5631-4792-b78a-53ddf3a81f6a"> <div><font face="Arial">Hi Dianne,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">I had a Samick that had tight action centers and found that some sort of black crud was forming on the pins. I gave them several options - repinning, repinning & rebushing, or all new action parts. They went with repinning. Unfortunately the company that had the piano was sold and I haven't seen the piano since.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"></font><img alt="" src="cid:001201c9242a$21c14370$0601a8c0@DESKTOP" align="baseline" border="0" hspace="0"></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">But you might want to yank a couple of the pins from the worst centers to see if anything like this is affecting your piano....</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Just a thought.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">----- Original Message ----- </font><font face="Arial"> <br> > I have been trying to reach technical support at Samick for two weeks now--a Kohler and Campbell (SG 155) has action centers throughout seizing up--in a very prestigeous location.<br> > <br> > Diane Hofstetter</font></div> </div> <div id="u8CAF26D0421048C-1508-2A2C" class="aol_ad_footer"><font style="color: black; font-family: ARIAL,SAN-SERIF; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><hr style="margin-top: 10px;">Find phone numbers fast with the <a title="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target="_blank" href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001">New AOL Yellow Pages</a>!</font> </div> </div>  <div id='u8CAF2B5B5511FA3-15F8-57E' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Find phone numbers fast with the <A title="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target="_blank">New AOL Yellow Pages</A>!</FONT> </div>