<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div>A sad, but, unfortunately, very true story. I just tuned an 1895 Baldwin R, which had very rusty strings and a very worn out action. The case had been refinished about 30 years, when it was also restrung. But it is located next to a mountain range, where it rains about 200 a year. He wants to keep the piano, but when I told him how much it would cost to do the work, he had second thoughts. 20 years ago it would be a no-brainer, but today it's just not worth it anymore. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Jul 30, 2012 3:49 am<br> Subject: [pianotech] NY times article on Pianos<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_0a7f498d-178c-4808-918e-c0ee45542a76"> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; font-size: 11pt;">FYI</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; font-size: 11pt;">David Love</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com" target="_blank">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/arts/music/for-more-pianos-last-note-is-thud-in-the-dump.html?pagewanted=1&hpw" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/arts/music/for-more-pianos-last-note-is-thud-in-the-dump.html?pagewanted=1&hpw</a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </font>