Yes, me too. A dealer I do periodic work for used (uses?) them at least as recently as the end of 2010. I wouldn't send a piano there that I wanted to be any better than (slightly below?) average. Bridges with DAG spread on top of the old pins, notching that looks like it was done with a chainsaw. But, in fairness, it probably is tough to notch a bridge with the old pins still in. Tuning pins left extremely high, providing a nice 10 or 15 degree departure angle of the string from the pin. Coils loose and spread all over (again, in fairness it's probably tough to have tight coils when the string dives away from the tuning pin so abruptly). Shims in the soundboard that cracked open again within a month. The list goes on. <div>
<br></div><div>Though, I thought SAMA was no more. Don't they have a new name now or something?<div><br></div><div>William R. Monroe</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:17 AM, bergpiano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan@bergpiano.com">dan@bergpiano.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">yes,</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">email me privately</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Dan Berg</font></div>
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<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:23
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<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] SAMA</div>
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<div>Does anyone have recent experience, good or bad, with SAMA in El
Paso?</div>
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<div>Please respond privately if you wish. </div>
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<div>Wim <br><br></div>
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