[CAUT] Hello - and looking for piano replacement help

Overs Pianos sec@overspianos.com.au
Tue, 5 Apr 2005 06:10:39 +1000


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>Rob, list,
>
>My main problem with so called "dealer programs"=20
>is that the pianos are usually not prepped and,=20
>being new, have all the instability of new=20
>pianos. So what happened is I would prep the=20
>pianos and do the extra tunes needed, bring them=20
>up to optimal condition regulationally, and then=20
>the dealer would trade them out! Sometimes right=20
>after I did all the work! (Lifting/leveling=20
>coils & strings, full regulation as needed,=20
>easing keys, etc. etc.) Even at the years end=20
>they were just beginning to be stable and where=20
>I wanted them to be. Oh yeah, it's a great deal=20
>for the dealer=8Athey could really sell them AFTER=20
>I did the big work. JMO, but I'm not sold that=20
>these programs should be encouraged.
>
>Here at BYU in 1984 we bought 10 new UST7s for=20
>around $1800.00 each, and this year (after 20=20
>years use) sold them for around $1400.00 each.=20
>We go maintain them well and go over them before=20
>they're sold so they are fairly decent. Net=20
>result is that we had the pianos for about=20
>$20.00 per year! Works for us!
>
>Jim Busby RPT
>Brigham Young University

Well said Jim. I can't understand the 'sense' of=20
flogging off piano inventory practically the=20
moment it begins to be stable.

Ron O.

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