Tooners :-( or exasperation exemplified!!

[Diane Hofstetter]

Hi Jim,

  What a terrible mess!  Two things occur to me: 1. if you are not careful, 
you _could_ end up becoming a "target" because it is always MUCH HARDER to 
straighten out someone else's mess than it is to work on a "virgin piano" 
that hasn't been screwed up. Therefore you need to bid high.

2. When someone has been burned before, they are much more demanding of the 
person who has to correct the situation so your following idea may not be 
good enough:

>the only thing I can
truthfully say is what condition the thingee is in now and what needs to be
done for it to be "acceptable" at some minimum, commonly recognized, level?

You may need to say truthfully what it needs to have  done to it to be at 
some commonly recognized Steinway quality level.

Good luck!  Wouldn't wish this on anyone!
Diane


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