<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ah yes, another proud owner of a Beau Dahnker.  “I played it and it sounds fine” which consists of pressing a few notes randomly here and there and actually hitting only the ones that happen to kinda work.   I used to hope these calls would actually produce some sort of blessing on my bank account.  Now days I don’t even get in the car for these calls.  “There’ll be a service charge for my assessment of your piano”  ............   “WHAT!!!  I GOTTA PAY FOR DAT??”  ........   “It’ll cost you more to dispose of it.”  ...........   “YOU’RE INSULTING ME!!  I’M CALLING SOMEONE ELSE!!”  ...........    “It’s been a pleasure.”  (click)  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I used to be desperate for the work.  That was a previous lifetime  ........   in a much colder climate. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Lar</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">There are any number of cases of people having pianos refinished without<BR>ever bothering to see if what's on the inside warrants a refinishing. I<BR>come across these not infrequently. "We just had out piano rebuilt (it was<BR>actually just refinished) and could you come and check it out, there are<BR>some notes that don't work". Turns out there's any number of strings and<BR>action parts missing or broken. Sure does look nice though. <BR><BR><BR><BR>David Love</FONT><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>