Would it be any easier to install a bottom cover with
snap fasteners, ala old reproducing grands? I have
done plenty of these, and its not so much trouble.
Thump
--- tune4u@earthlink.net wrote:
> After my soapbox support, it may shock some of you
> to hear that I now have
> something negative to say about DC's ...
>
> I installed my first grand bottom cover tonight, on
> my own piano. It won't
> take so long next time but this is a guddling,
> scuddling, low-skill,
> uninteresting, and time consuming job. Little things
> like taking the plastic
> off all those Velcro strips got to driving me cuckoo
> (and that's a very
> short drive, in the best case!)
>
> I can sure see how it will enhance the grand system,
> along with their new
> grand humidstat. But how in the world can I get
> motivated to sell systems
> with the cover, knowing how much more labor is
> involved?
>
> I'd like to hear from people who have done customer
> installations about how
> long it is taking, how much more they are charging,
> how it's being received
> by the customer, etc.
>
> Alan Barnard
> Around the Bend in Salem, MO
>
> P.S. This was a fairly small grand; I can only
> imagine the time and hassle
> of doing this on a 9-footer!
>
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