..sometimes you win..

[Farrell]

If she is going to have the case refinished, did you tell her how nice the interior will look if you yank the plate and refinish the soundboard and plate before restringing?

Sing along now...... "The leg bone is connected to the knee bone, the knee bone is connected........"

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bondi" <phil@philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:06 AM
Subject: ..sometimes you win..


> currently working on a 1896 Bechstein A - re-string, clean and buff keys,
> etc. The owner was curious as to what the condition of the case is and is it
> worth it to re-finish. My refinisher informed me that yes, it is Rosewood,
> and the lid and the fallboard and music desk have been messed with over the
> years, but the case itself had not been.
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> He took the music desk and clear-coated the left-side 'shelf' section of the
> desk and re-finished the right shelf side.
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> What a difference. There's obviously a price difference too.
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> ..notified the owner what my re-finisher found, and lo and behold, she wants
> it re-finished. She didn't have to see the difference..she believed what I
> was conveying to her.
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> I don't want to give this one back.
> 
> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
> phil@philbondi.com
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