<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/24/05 12:15:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, gnewell@ameritech.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fef9b4" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>      </X-TAB>I've not read all of = the incoming mail yet so it will be interesting to see what the collective wis= dom of the list has to say. What I would have done in your shoes is to call th= e dealer and/or manufacturer prior to even touching the piano to see who the= bill goes to. Then and only then will I agree to do the work. Been bitten before.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Greg,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I actually contacted both, and was reasonably well assured that if the manufacturer wasn't going to pay me, the dealer would.  I have a good enough relationship with that particular dealer that he trusts that I won't = rip him off.  In the end, getting paid is the bottom line.  I am certa= in I will get paid.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard's comments about the piano being reasonably well regulated= before leaving the store were not all wet!  Indeed, the piano seemed ok= ay at the initial tuning(after about a month in the customer's home), then not-so-okay at the second tuning six months later, then really-not-okay a mo= nth later.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think Keith Roberts' observations about compressing felt may have som= e merit here.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The issues here are:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I want to get paid</DIV> <DIV>I want to do the right thing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the input once again,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>