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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=420584723-27092003>What's even more unfortunate is, the fello =
who did/does
this has the biggest piano tuning business in Panama. He uses an old =
Conn Strobo
tuner and messes up the tunings too. He has a degree in music, so =
everyone
calls him Professor. Unfortunately, a degree on the trumpet does =
not
qualify him as a piano tech. How he got into the business, I will never =
know,
but there sure are a lot of people that trust in =
him.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=420584723-27092003> I saw a spinet piano he restrung, and =
he didn't
even take the time to take the copper off the hitchpin end. He ran the =
copper
right through the bridge pins. The bass didn't sound too good in that =
piano
either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=420584723-27092003> He isn't the worst tech around =
though. I
have more horror stories, but no pictures.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=420584723-27092003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=420584723-27092003>Regards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=420584723-27092003>Richard Strang</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of =
</B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Saturday, September 27, 2003 6:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: SteinwayM<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Oh my gawd!!!!!!!!!!! I'm speechless beyond =
that. I hope
that is about as bad as it gets! What a shame indeed - especially if =
it is a
decent instrument and s/he is a decent pianist. Gee whizz, were are =
the words
for this one? I've seen some crap whatevers done to pianos, but this =
one take
the cake!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Did someone find a closeout sale on "M" A2 =
strings for
this piano? I'm almost curious what might be the explanation for such =
wretched
work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Richard Strang" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:rstrang@pa.inter.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>rstrang@pa.inter.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> =
Hi,
all,<BR>> I thought you all might be interested to see how =
some
tooner here in<BR>> Panama restrung this poor Steinway. The bass =
strings
sound absolutely<BR>> terrible. I gave the guy a quote to restring =
the
bass, but I think he's just<BR>> going to live with what he's got. =
What a
shame.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>