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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No, I don't think it's too common, but =
isn't it
interesting that it (Kinda, sorta) works? Try that with Steinway =
or
Baldwin! Ha!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davistunes@yahoo.com =
href="mailto:davistunes@yahoo.com">Dave
Davis</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 03, 2003 =
9:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Dealer with =
imagination</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>List,<BR><BR>I've been doing some work for a small =
piano dealer
for<BR>several months. I've questioned some of his
business<BR>attitudes, but today takes the cake.<BR><BR>I showed up at =
his
customer's house to tune a gray<BR>market C3. Customer is =
educated about
the gray<BR>markets and was willing to take a chance, but had
an<BR>interesting question for me. It seems that when he<BR>was =
looking
at the piano in the store, the keyfronts<BR>were yellow. He =
wanted that
fixed, so the dealer<BR>swapped actions with another C3 in the store.
<BR><BR>I was amazed to find that it actually played =
pretty<BR>well. The
key frame wasn't even close to being<BR>bedded, and the una corda =
wasn't quite
shifting<BR>enough, and the hammer line was high & low all the
way<BR>through,and the keys weren't level, but other than<BR>that it =
was
actually somewhat functional.<BR><BR>I called the dealer and suggested =
that he
should have<BR>it regulated to the piano. His response was
quite<BR>negative. That makes it easy for me to not do =
any<BR>more work
for him.<BR><BR>Is it a common thing to swap actions or am I =
just<BR>being too
critical?<BR><BR>Dave Davis<BR>Renton, WA<BR><BR>p.s. tuning =
pins were
tight, no soundboard cracks,<BR>nice piano...so
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