[CAUT] RE : durability (was funding)

[Marcel Carey]

Thank you Ed for a GREAT post.
Quality work is always cheaper than roiunc cut corners.

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

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> 
>     Yes, we are well financed.  Of late, Martha Ingram 
> donated $ 250,000,000 
> to Vanderbilt, so Blair School of Music got a new concert 
> hall, new D, new 
> building wing, etc.  <SNIP>
>       The administration now accepts that $9,500 
> for a complete new 
> action will also be seen as a bargain in 23 more years, so 
> they are happy to 
> fund that rather than spend $ 50,000 for a new piano!  
>      Refusing to cut corners, using the best materials 
> available, and putting 
> in the time to do the best work requires a little faith on 
> the front end, but 
> after standing the test of time, proves to be the best 
> support for funding 
> top-dollar work that I can find.  <SNIP>
>       
> Regards,   
> 
> Ed Foote RPT 
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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