Sounds good to Me.

[Richard Brekne]

Thankyou Glenn for that very refreshing posting. What gratifying reading from one
of our colleagues in the sales end of the buisness.

Glenn Grafton wrote:

> >Ron Lindquist wrote:
> >
> >> Some Piano is better than no Piano
> >>
> >> >
> >
> >We are all of course entitled to our own opinions and evalutations. I do not
> >subscribe to the above statement at all. There is a point where "some piano"
> >really becomes "no piano".
>
> I certainly agree. I used to work in our shop doing re-building and still
> tune I get to see both sides of the issue. It is very common that parents
> start out a search for a "good used piano" for their child to start piano
> lessons on.
>
> Of course, to many parents a piano is a piano-as long as it's got 88 keys
> and plays. A lot of what I do is to try to educate people coming into the
> store as to the differences in different calibre pianos, their life spans,
> etc.
>
> I try not to discount the potential in a good used piano as far as the
> value goes, but in my experience for every well maintained used
> Yamaha/Baldwin/Sohmer or other better quality piano there's probably 20
> junker spinets or uprights that should really be thrown out. Loose pins,
> cracked bridges, etc. I always advise people if they're looking at a used
> piano privatley to get a RPT member go out and check the piano over BEFORE
> they buy it, understanding that for some reason there is a feeling of
> pressure to make a decision now before someone else snaps up that beautiful
> 40 year old Lester spinet that "just needs a tuning."
>
> Once a qualified tuner takes a look at the piano they are in a better
> position to know what other work the piano needs-ie if the pins are loose
> they'll know that up front and be able to factor the cost of that in with
> the purchase price to see if the piano IS a good value or not.
>
> A recent call from a Dr. asked about a nice used Yamaha grand piano for a
> very reasonable price she found. I recommended a piano tech. to look at the
> piano. Turned out the piano was in a restaurant and had many years of
> playing, spilled drinks in the action and was fairly beat. He advised her
> NOT to buy the piano due to the amount of work was needed.
>
> Glenn Grafton
> Grafton Piano & Organ Co.
> Souderton PA
> http://www.dprint.com/grafton/
> gleng@fast.net
> 800-272-5980
>
> The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh.

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway