<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr bgColor=#d6dab1> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gene Lukensmyer in Mt Dora.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=larryf@pacifier.com href="mailto:larryf@pacifier.com">Larry Fisher RPT</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> Monday, May 02, 2011 2:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] harpsichord assembly</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>I’ve been notified by a former customer of mine that I’m being considered to assemble a harpsichord kit for them.  I’ve never done one, have only heard of them since my start in the trade 40 years ago, have worked on precious few, and in short, I don’t know anything past the very basics.  I’m open to the challenge and would appreciate any guidance from my fellow colleagues on the subject.  Things like typical dollar amounts to accomplish a really good result, hours involved, and possible sublet labor are what I’m curious about.  I have a rather vast digital player installer experience, I’ve replaced pin blocks but not soundboards and have refinished a few pianos in the past.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lar</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>