Likes her old clunker

[Richard Brekne]

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This is what I deem a natural result of too many of us allowing
too many of them to go along thinking that junk is really ok....
pianowise. I have seen worse examples of this kind of thing. I
will probably see more as time goes by as well.

I know I know... get off it Ric.... grin...

Ron & Lorene Shiflet wrote:

> List,    I'm running into a problem.  A good friend and client
> of many years just couldn't stand her old clunker of 50 years.
> I sold her a brand new professional studio which is a wonderful
> piano.    While we were waiting for the new piano to arrive,
> she became very emotional about her old piano and it became
> sentimental.  Now she can't seem to enjoy her new piano.  I'm
> trying to decide the best way to deal with this.    Her old
> piano is a 1950's Baldwin spinet, drop action, scuffed to
> death, missing finish from water vases placed on top, unlevel
> keys, poor repetition, action in need of a rebuild, sounds
> "tinny" at best.    Her new piano is a 2001 Charles Walter
> studio, Queen Anne, Accu-tuned to A-440, absolutely nothing
> wrong with it.    Her complaints are:
>
>    *     The action is stiff.
>    *     Keys are hard to press
>    *     "It feels like there's cotton under the keys".
>    *     The notes don't ring when you let off the key (go
>      figure).
>    *     Keys don't repeat ( we'll look into this, but it
>      didn't happen at     the tuning)
>    *     The sound just isn't real bright.
>    *     Won't play loud unless you pound.
>
> I've worked for dealers before who had customers so accustomed
> to their old clunker that they hated the good piano.  All of
> you tasteful technicians, how do you deal with this.  Remember,
> she's female and it's an emotional thing.  I told her to play
> on it for 2 weeks and get used to the feel, and then I'll come
> out. Ron rshiflet@eaznet.com

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no


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