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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am wondering of there is a consensus at all on where one
begins to draw the line at telling a person not to spend any money on a
PSO? I went to a home Saturday with an old spinet piano, three
hammers worn almost to the wood, not tuned in 30 years, though using a guitar
tuner, it only indicated about -25cents flat. I was talking with him
about the pros and cons in my own thinking when I noticed the pin block was
beginning to separate from the frame, a modest separation all across the
piano. I strongly suggested he not spend any money on the piano, as
fixing it and getting it to stability would cost far more than this piano was
worth in any market, and with a little research if he wanted a used piano they
could find one much more functional for less money than what it would cost to
repair theirs. (This could of course be worse if string broke after so
long without tuning.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:City>,
a thriving market with lots of pianos, and many many inexpensive Asian “pianos”,
I have been discouraging spending anything but absolute minimum on the stuff
that obviously is way past its prime, and patch up will add very little to it
as an instrument. I have found some older instruments I’ve begged
with some success for folks to get rebuilt, but those are few. With
descriptions I’ve used, people have, without exception, thanked me for
telling them what I did, but I am as concerned that people not waste their good
money as I am in making it for myself (leaving me not in the “top earner’s”
category).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thoughts would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Les bartlett<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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