Tom, And then there *are* the owners who *do* pay to have someone look at it. Remember my recent post about the Lester grand? She paid TWO "technicians" to come and look at it. They told her it was tunable. It turns out that was correct, even though it was 1/2 step flat. The problem is they *didnt'* tell her the hammers were shot, there was so much friction in the action it was almost unplayable (yes, I was able to "at least" get it playable) and that it wasn't a good piano to start with. If she had used the money she paid for the piano ($1100.00), the mover's fee, and the money she had to pay me, she could just about have bought a brand new, decent quality, studio size piano and had a much better instrument. And in this case, that's all she really needs for a young boy just beginning. IMHO. Frustrating sometimes, isn't it? Avery >It can be difficult to find a diplomatic, gentle way to tell someone that >they've made an expensive, easily preventable mistake, especially when your >real thought is "How could you have been so stupid?". > >Myler, Tom _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.uh.edu/music/ _____________________________________
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