<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2>  <U> Joe remarks..</U></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>I ran into a beautiful Bechstein, 7' grand one time many years = ago. It had<BR>been "rebuilt" in Europe by a "highly recommended" rebuilder. = The finish was<BR>exquisite, the action work was acceptable, the stringing = was acceptable, the<BR>tone/sound was lousy!  </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><U>Joe goes on to say..</U></FONT></DIV> <DIV>For those who like the brittle sound of modern "cookie<BR>cutter" = pianos, forget the varnish and use lacquer.  I could go on for several = </DIV> <DIV>paragraphs about this, but I'm sure there are those who are = glad<BR>that I don't. <G><BR>Regards,<BR>Joe Garrett, RPT, = (Oregon)<BR>V</DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Joe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>These, and many more observations, along with your questioning the validity as = piano technicians of some "contributing" to this list....what, if I may ask, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>are your credentials. = Further, where did you receive your training? Just a bit of me, being a bit of you, = with a harmless query (imho) before </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>stepping into </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>the = debate!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Moffatt & Sons = Piano<BR>Calgary, Alberta<BR>Canada </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>(403) = 243-0385</FONT><BR><A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com">moffattr@cadvision.com</A></FONT><= /DIV></BODY></HTML>