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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Gary,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can you give us an idea of what you =
paid for said
work?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myrtle Beach, SC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Gary.Bruce@oc.edu href="mailto:Gary.Bruce@oc.edu">Gary =
Bruce</A>
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<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> Thursday, June 20, 2002 =
5:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SAMA Rebuilders - =
Followup</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>List,<BR><BR>This is a followup on my experience with =
SAMA
rebuilders in Jaurez. I sent them a 48" Gulbransen baby grand in =
March
for a rebuild; new stings, damper heads refinished and new damper =
felt,
soundboard repaired & refinished, new pinblock, =
hammers/shanks/flanges,
key bushings, keybed felt, ivory repair. In general, very good
work. Great plate refinishing, nice even stringing, good =
pinblock
fit. Hammer line correct, hammer shank travel quite =
acceptable.
Front rail key bushings a little loose for me but consistent. =
may
require some tightening when dryer weather comes. Keys are level =
and
square. Good ivory matching and polishing. Regulation
acceptable. Exactly three months from delivery to return. =
I'm very
pleased and look forward to sending a refinish job and rebuild =
soon.
<BR><BR>Only complaint was the 24 hour notice for return =
delivery. I had
to reschedule my day to receive. No biggy but I'm going to ask =
SAMA to
notify me when they ship, since it takes about 5-6 days once they ship =
for it
to arrive to me. Keyboard Carriage picked up and delivered right =
on
time(actually a little early) both ways. Cost was $214 from here =
to
there and $209 back. Why the difference, I don't =
know.<BR><BR>Gary
Bruce, RPT</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>