<html> Steinerts are good pianos. Two tunings/year for 5 yrs certainly would not break the bank, so you picked up the piano for under $1000 (if your tunings are $100 or less). Do the math, what does it need, what can you get for it. Jon Page At 09:17 AM 1/16/2002 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>  <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> <dd>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 5:07 AM <dd>Subject: Re: Steinert question <dd>It's a piece of junk Greg. Don't even bother looking at it. <dd>  <dd>Terry Farrell</blockquote> </dl><blockquote type=cite cite> <dl> <dd>Terry, <dd>    I'd hate to see you burdened by this PSO. I'll dispose of this problem for everyone. <dd>    Seriously, Greg, These were Steinway Knockoffs, Exact same plate, scaling-To my knowledge, Steinway pedal hardware, case detail etc. The differences that I could see were in the rear duplex with individual tunable bars . Wessell Nickle Gross action instead of Steinway action (a good thing -Less chance of vertigris ). <dd>    I service some that are M  and O copies and recall seeing a seven foot model some years ago. <dd>    I understand Steinway sued Steinert and the end result was that Steinert was allowed to make a limited  # of pianos each year. <dd>    I'm not a rebuilder, But have reconditioned and regulated these ,and the only problem I've had was with some odd key leading on one "m" . <dd>    As for value ,I'll defer to  others  on that , but you done fine on this deal in my opinion. <dd>        Tom Driscoll </dl></blockquote></html>