SAMA PIANO

[Greg Newell]

Guy,
    I can't take credit for the flattery. I never took your class and we've not
yet met. Interesting to hear what you write about SAMA though.

the other G.N.

Nichols wrote:

> Greg,
>          Yes, I work with SAMA, you got that part right. As for the
> rest.... whew! I'm blushing a bit, here. I really appreciate your kind
> words, and was happy to meet you at TSA. Glad you enjoyed the class, but...
> really! It wasn't THAT amazing. Thanks anyway, hope you got something
> useful from the class.
>
>          Gary, the SAMA plant is a joint-venture operation based in El
> Paso, with the plant in Juarez, Mexico. NAFTA at work. The boss is Salvador
> Ortiz, who a lot of techs know from his years (29) at Baldwin. The plant is
> currently remanufacturing about one grand piano a day, at a real reasonable
> rate. The Illinois address is the marketing and traffic office, Mr. John
> McGuire. He's the one to talk with, but I'm happy to answer questions,
> etc., as you might need. We also encourage visits to the plant. There is a
> web page, listed on your post card. SAMA does no retail, and can do
> complete or just belly or whatever. Dealers and techs are their customers.
> Round-trip freight of $400. anywhere USA makes it pretty economical.
>          Buzz me if I can be of further assistance.
>
> Regards,
> Guy Nichols, RPT
> nicho@cybermesa.com
> 505-642-8640
>
> At 10:23 PM 11/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Gary,
> >I met Guy Nichols (Las Cruces, NM) at the Texas State Association 2001 PTG
> >Seminar in October. I believe he works for SAMA. He held a grand piano
> >action handling mini-tech class, and it was excellent. He showed us this
> >thing they do with an aluminum doorstop threshold to handle grand hammers
> >and to lubricate bushings and centerpins. It was amazing!
> >He discussed the economy of motion they try to use in their rebuilding
> >shops to make them more efficient, which saves them time and saves their
> >customers $$$, while doing a very complete job. Although I cannot
> >personally vouch for the quality of their finished product because I
> >haven't seen one of SAMA's rebuilds, but if Guy Nichols is typical of
> >their techs, then I would submit that SAMA would be worth considering.
> >(Look him up in the PTG Directory)
> >
> >Greg Boles
> >Denham Springs, LA

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Greg Newell
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