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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There are any number of cases of people having pianos refinished without ever bothering to see if what’s on the inside warrants a refinishing. I come across these not infrequently. “We just had out piano rebuilt (it was actually just refinished) and could you come and check it out, there are some notes that don’t work”. Turns out there’s any number of strings and action parts missing or broken. Sure does look nice though. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.davidlovepianos.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Ross<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 04, 2013 7:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] "interesting" pianos<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How about those that have the piano professionally refinished, before they have it even tuned.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>John Ross<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Windsor, Nova Scotia<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2013-01-04, at 10:13 AM, David Love <<a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Those who care more about how the piano looks than how it plays are generally those who don’t play it. I have plenty of customers who care more how it plays and sounds than how it looks. They are the ones who actually play it, as one would expect.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Love</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com"><span style='color:purple'>www.davidlovepianos.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"><span style='color:purple'>pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[mailto:pianotech-<a href="mailto:bounces@ptg.org"><span style='color:purple'>bounces@ptg.org</span></a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Euphonious Thumpe<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Friday, January 04, 2013 12:17 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><span style='color:purple'>pianotech@ptg.org</span></a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [pianotech] "interesting" pianos</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>And isn't it curious that many owners will put more into how a piano looks than how it plays???<br><br><br>Thumpe<o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>