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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Avery =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Just curious. Do =
you know
where BHA is located? Glad you/client got =
lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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are in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dayton</st1:City>, =
<st1:State
w:st="on">OH</st1:State></st1:place>. They have a site: =
</span></font><font
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color:blue'><a =
href="http://www.pianocenter.com/">http://www.pianocenter.com</a></span=
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#333399'>I
feel nervous doing work for out-of-town companies like this, the part =
about
getting paid after you do the work, that is, but so far I guess I'm =
lucky about
that too. Concerning that, does anyone have a good way of =
securing/assuring
payment for services from o.o.t. companies (piano stores, insurance =
companies,
moving companies...) that could benefit us?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#333399'>Chuck
C. (FL)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Subject: Re: BHA =
Piano
center<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>At 07:20 PM =
6/22/04, you
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>Have one client =
who
purchased a DC-7 (C7 with Disklavier) from them =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>(BHA) and was =
very
satisfied with their pricing and after-sale service. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>He saved =
thousands
buying through them instead of local dealer. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>Further, BHA =
covered the
cost of buffing out the lid which got <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>scratched in =
the move
and warranty tuning and service ("Service Bond", =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>part of which =
of course
is paid to the dealer by Yamaha); they were =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>easy to deal =
with on the
phone, and paid promptly. Also, Yamaha Corp. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>very graciously =
allowed
a good deal of warranty work, bending over <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>backward again =
and again
to make this buyer happy, even though the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>>fellow =
purchased the
piano "out of territory".<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Yamaha does have a =
tendency
to do this. That's one of the reasons I like them so =
much!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Kawai is also one =
who
usually "bends over backwards" to help a tech or a =
customer!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Avery =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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