In a message dated 10/11/00 8:05:00 AM Central Daylight Time, GPRogers1 writes: << Bill, his answer only means that he doesnt like Wurlitzers, I dont like them either.. (snip)>> Maybe I have the same opinion that you and Ed have. When I was in my 20's and I had a problem with a Cable piano and sought advice about what to do, I was asked, "What kind of piano is it?" and the response to the name "Cable" was, "Well, *there's* your problem! Hardee-har-har.", followed by the typical, "We only work on Steinways, blah blah blah...". As time went on, I saw some of the Steinways they "worked" on. The rest and *they* are history. I didn't answer the original question because I happen to have much the same opinion that you and Ed have and I really don't have a ready solution for the complex problems that were cited. I might, in fact, brush most of them off and do nothing about them by getting the customer to understand that these are part of the nature of this kind of piano. There are too many manufacturing defects present to try to "make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" although there probably can be something done about some of the problems with procedures or techniques that are simple enough without going overboard on time and effort. This response however is intended only to make the technician who has the problem feel stupid for even thinking something can be done: <<its a wurlitzer, duh.....what do you expect? >> In my view, *this* is the personal attack, not anything I wrote. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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