<HTML>In a message dated 9/11/02 3:40:15 PM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I would fear for my reputation if I were to put these pianos out on the street - even with a little "fixing up". I'll give them to another tech for rebuilding, but I would not give either one to someone that was going to try and play it. What if they told someone else where they got it? But that's just me. Terry Farrell   </BLOCKQUOTE> My experience tells me that the fear of loosing a reputation is much greater than actually loosing it. For the most part, people looking for a "fixer upper" are content with a piano that doesn't play 100%. Furthermore, what's to prevent the technician you thought was going to fix it up, to do the same thing. The only saving grace here is that it would be his reputation at stake, instead of yours. But he could also say "Terry worked on this." Unless the piano is totally unplayable, in which case it needs to taken to the dump, without the nice wood panels, if you can make a few bucks off it, and make a poor family happy, why give it away.   Wim </HTML>