Dampp-Chaser comment (was RE: Rebuilt Steinway...TheGeneralIssues

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:29:30


Hi Ric,

Why not ask for the importers to write a letter? The ones mentioned.

At 05:18 PM 2/11/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Thats protbably worth a good deal actually... especially if I can quote
>them on that. Thank Issac
>
>RicB
>
>Isaac OLEG wrote:
>
>> Ric,
>>
>> For what is worth, the Steinway importer for France and Belgium
>> carries them and have a distribution agreement for them DC.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> Isaac OLEG
>>
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>> > -----Message d'origine-----
>> > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
>> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
>> > part de Richard Brekne
>> > Envoye : mardi 11 fevrier 2003 09:23
>> > A : Pianotech
>> > Objet : Re: Dampp-Chaser comment (was RE: Rebuilt
>> > Steinway...TheGeneralIssues
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > kam544 wrote:
>> >
>> > > >... tho admitedly there is a tentative nod given. All
>> > > >this from 15 years ago.
>> > >
>> > > Which is all I quoted. At least it was documented, which
>> > all the rest
>> > > of this post of yours is not. Just hearsay and personal
>> > difficulties
>> > > you seem to be having in Norway.
>> >
>> > Boy are you misreading things or what. Go back, and pass go again
>> > Keith... and if you dont figure out that I am a Damp Chaser
>> > enthusiast
>> > looking for tangeble evidence of official Steinway position... from
>> > Steinway then you are not reading closely enough.
>> >
>> > There is nothing hearsay about telling you all that my own direct
>> > inquiries with  Steinway into the matter yeilded the
>> > results I have. What
>> > "personal difficulties" you infer from my posts is your own
>> > construction... there are none.. but if you must know... the only
>> > Steinway representative in this country adamently condemns
>> > the use of
>> > Damp Chaser... which reasonably enough also fits well in with my
>> > questioning about just what Steinways official position is.
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Anyhow, now this list is fully aware of an even more
>> > current letter
>> > > from Steinway, thanks to Roger Wheelock's post.
>> >
>> > We havent seen that letter either. Yet... tho I look
>> > forward to getting a
>> > copy.
>> >
>> > > >...So... sorry... but I have to hang on to what Patton
>> > had to say on
>> > > >the matter.  RicB
>> > >
>> > > That's fine. I didn't see anyone suggest you do such a
>> > thing anyway.
>> > > All I posted was a 'for the record', and when challenged
>> > on that, I
>> > > backed it up.
>> >
>> > But Keith... nobody "challanged" anything of yours...
>> > shheeshh this isnt
>> > personal or anything. One must be allowed to look for honest
>> > clarifications without ruffling feathers.
>> >
>> > Listen. There are more then a few individuals like myself
>> > who recommend
>> > DC to their customers, only to have a Steinway rep come and
>> > undermine
>> > their efforts. Perhaps this is less a problem over there
>> > then it is here.
>> > But it has been quite impossible to counter these
>> > underminings by being
>> > able to throw down a credible peice of documentation to
>> > these customers (
>> > and the reps involved) that discount their claims.
>> >
>> > And.... btw... thats not a personal problem Keith. Its purely a
>> > proffesional situation.
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > As Will Sonnet used to say, "No brag, just fact."
>> > >
>> > > Keith McGavern
>> > > Registered Piano Technician
>> > > Oklahoma Chapter 731
>> > > Piano Technicians Guild
>> > > USA
>> >
>> > --
>> > Richard Brekne
>> > RPT, N.P.T.F.
>> > UiB, Bergen, Norway
>> > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
>> > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
>> >
>> >
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Regards,
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