Kdivad@AOL.COM wrote: > > 6. Given the real bonified heartbreak case where a healthy portion of charity is called for why not put on a set of used hammer heads. I always keep 6 or 7 sets in stock for situations just like this. And while I am on about charity... I personally would think that telling the person that instead of using a 100 dollars here... a 100 dollars there on such low yield repairs they would be far better off paying down a decent instrument... even a used decent instrument. > > I will let you tell me how much it would cost to put on a used set of hammers. Are they bored correctly or do you have to compensate. I do not keep many sets of used hammers around, especially for uprights. Do you need to regulate the action after your done. How about shaping or just filing out the string grooves do you include that? How will the piano sound? Not wanting to get into a lot of this and that... lets just say I dont share your views on this subject matter. I will comment on the "exception" case I pointed out... I gotta wonder about the concerns you air here when you are first not so concerned about the resulting yeild from reglueing vs the cost of such a job. But so be it. As for my sense of charity... Its really easy enough to see who can really afford a decent instrument or repair work and who can not. Its also generally easy to see if there is someone who dearly wants to learn and needs a helping hand. In such cases I make sure and put a piano in decent enough working shape so those little fingers and ears dont get unneccessarilly discouraged in being forced to deal with a less then even barely adequate instrument. And when I do charity work... I do it quite within the range of what such families can deal with... both monetary and pridewise. > > What if you have no credit, or can't afford $500.00 down? The nice thing about good deeds is that this kinda thing has this nice tendancy of all coming out in the wash.. Some people might call it building good Karma... others might bring up the Good samaritan story.. whatever... what goes around often enough comes around. > > > 7. Finally,,,, as to what planet I am living on... and what clientele I have...... let me just say we make our own boats in this world. I spend a lot of time building customer relations and attitudes. We keep talking about educating our customers as to how to treat and care for instruments... how to get the most of ones instrument... what is good quality and what is not and so on. My experience is that customers accept these low low end situations because there is always some guy or gal willing to tell them they can fix it for 49.95. What kinda education is that ?? > > I will ask you again, what kind of clientele do you have? Yes, we keep educating our customers and they do the best they can. I am in the boat I made for myself but I like the idea of keeping pianos in homes and people playing them. As people build better boats for themselves they will be able to buy better pianos. Thank God for the techs who will do the best they can for $49.95. Thats life, thats what kind of education that is. As a good friend of mine always says, "I live in the real world." I will certainly thank all relevant dieties for individuals who are truely interested in doing their best to help when help is called for. And I dont question for a moment that your particular views are based on what you feel is in the best interests for your customer. My clientele are people who call me to do work on their instruments. Any one of them is free at anytime to call someone else for their opinions, or elect to use someone else. No problems :) I have rich customers... and I have poor customers.. and I have lots in between. I dont agree with you about whats in the best interest of the customer on this point... thats all... no big deal... that doesnt make either of us someone from planet Xenon or whatever. > > > No... I live here on earth... and I am sticking to my position on this one. But by all means.... go for it if you will :) > > I will Richard, I will. :) Great ! :) > > David Koelzer > DFW -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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