---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment >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. -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web http://overspianos.com.au mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au _______________________ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/58/a8/d1/1e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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