<html> Hi Jeannie,                     I would agree with Marcel.  Time the late 70's hit QC was less than what it should have been. Roger At 07:00 PM 3/14/02 -0800, you wrote: >Hello, List, >I need some help with an insurance claim.  The piano (or what's left of it) is a 1974 Heintzman 42-in. console.  I've seen some beautiful older Heintzmans, but this looks to be of the quality that some of our American counterparts during that time period, i.e., inferior to anything that preceded it under that same name.  > >It may be salvageable, but my client needs to know what would be an equivalent piano for replacement purposes.  This piano is not playable at present, so I have no way of judging the quality of sound, scaling or action response.  I haven't seen enough of this make to give an educated guess.... I only know of it's past reputation with older instruments. > >Can anyone, especially you Canadians, help me come up with a suitable replacement instrument?  > >Thanks so much, >jeannie > >Jeannie Grassi, RPT >Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal ><a href="mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net</a> > </html>