worldclass junk

[Peter Kestens]

To all of you who answered my mail,


Thanks a lot for your input.  Seems to me America isn't that different from
Belgium if it came to sell low budget pianos.  I'm only asking this: if you
don't want to cheat your clients, you can't sell these pianos don't you?  So
why?  Only for making a very quick profit?

Peter

PS Z!Reinhardt, a customer intended to buy such a thing, but was asking my
opinion.
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Z! Reinhardt <diskladame@provide.net>
Aan: Kestens.P@Debcom.be <Kestens.P@Debcom.be>
Datum: zaterdag 28 november 1998 3:29
Onderwerp: Re: worldclass junk


>Hi Peter!
>
>Was your customer looking to sell this thing?  Or was he/she looking to buy
>it from someone looking to sell it?  Whoever is stuck with it now will be
>lucky to sell any of it for scrap materials.
>
>A dealer I worked for in metro Detroit made the mistake of offering a line
>of Russian-made pianos for the customers who wanted a new piano on a very
>limited budget.  Needless to say, the technical problems greatly outstipped
>any approximation of a profit margin.  As it turned out, that dealer
>couldn't even give those things away.
>
>I can certainly sympathize with you on your Bad Day.
>
>Z! Reinhardt RPT
>Ann Arbor  MI
>diskladame@provide.net
>
>
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>From: Peter Kestens <Kestens.P@Debcom.be>
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: worldclass junk
>Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 4:46 PM
>
>
>KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE
>BELGIUM
>
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>A customer asked me to look for a piano today; said it was a russian one.
>I
>think you know enough?
>
>Piano is about 4 (!) years old; one damperspring has broken, 1 hammer butt
>spring loop has disappeared (one as far as I could see) hammer alignement
>was very poor; and last but not least, some of the capstans were about in
>no
>one's land (spelling?).
>Within 4 years never been tuned (instrument is about 1/2 tone to low),
>because the owner did not hear the difference between in or out of tune; so
>why tuning it?
>Hammers seem ok but couldn't test it because to much out of tune
>Strings seem also ok
>Fallboard attached with 2 screws, but they didn't hold very well
>Soundboard attached with glue (white glue?) and little screws (!) to keep
>in
>place.
>Keybed made of MDF.
>Balance rail cap made of three different pieces of beech.
>
>Brand: russian writing so unreadable
>Price asked: about 1200 $.
>
>Bad day!
>
>Greetings,
>
>Peter
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