steinway back

[James Grebe]

I did and she has had it for 2 weeks.  Now I am hoping to just get my
estimate charge out of it!
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G
pianoman@inlink.com
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in
St. Louis, MO
-----Original Message-----
From: A440A@AOL.COM <A440A@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: steinway


> Greetings,
>> This whole deal is
>>starting to smell to me.  What do you think.
>
>     James, I think you should totally ignore what the dealer, the
plumbers,
>the husband and the other technicians say and give her an estimate of what
you
>think the piano requires.
>    Steinway restoration would be glad to rebuild this piano, and for
$18,000
>you can get a new board, block, strings, finish, and still have enough left
>over for a new action.
>    As far as the dealer wanting to get the piano for $1,500, tell him
there
>are techs out there that will pay more than that for it, unseen.
>Regards,
>Ed Foote
>(Make my day, tell me to come up there with $2,000 a take this poor old
piano
>home....(:)}}}
>