<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 24, 2003 = 7:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: High = quality?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><EM> </EM>I = respectfully disagree.  The difference in cost between high and low quality = parts is not that much.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" = size=2>>><<</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> If you are going to = do the job, put forward the best effort with the parts best suited to the = instrument or don't do the job.  The piano may not give what you want, but a = poor quality part will just make it worse.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Furthermore, lower-quality parts often need = more reworking (repinning, sometimes rebushing, realigning etc.) than better-quality and premium parts so whatever you thought you were = going to save on the initial parts order is more than made up for in the time = necessary for getting the parts to work properly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bottom line:  How much is your time worth?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Z! Reinhardt  RPT<BR>Ann Arbor  = MI<BR><A = href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 1/24/2003 10:58:09 AM = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: High = quality?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated = 1/24/03 3:05:57 PM Central Standard Time, swiftspiano@hotmail.com writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Hi all<BR><BR>Here is a hypothetical question:  = Is it worth putting high quality strings <BR>on a low quality baby = grand?  And like wise, is it worth putting high <BR>quality hammers on a = low quality baby grand?  Specifically, would there be a = <BR>noticable difference in the sound quality or would it just be a waste of <BR>money?<BR><BR><BR>Ned Swift<BR>Lowell, MI<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>"or would it just be a waste of money?"<BR><BR>YES<BR><BR>The reason a piano is of low quality is = not because of the quality of the parts, but because of the quality of workmanship and engineering when the piano was made in the first = place. If you're just going to replace the parts, you'll never hear the = difference. If you want to get into redesigning the designing the piano, there = might be a chance that you can get a decent sound out of it. But just r! = eplacing the parts with expensive ones is not going to do it.<BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>