Another reason to support the guild. There is a need to encourage more communication, accountability, and education to all technicians. Imagine this..... Old Wurlitzer baby grand, seen better days. Sold as full compleat rebuilt piano 2 years ago.... $10,000 Work "rebuilder" did. Refinished outside, New keycaps, drive in pins, tune. Condition 1) Key caps not filed flush...keys clack together, 2) De-laminated pinblock from driving in tuning pins without pinblock support 4) piano is not playable.... ie:1 full inch of letoff, yes 1 inch. 3) Extream hammers wear with exposed wooden moldings in top two octaves. 4) No felt of any kind replaced anywhere at all. 5) Damper levers clack against stop rail---no felt. 6) Bass string windings buzz on cores extreamly loudly. 7) Pedal lyre is falling apart.......so on and on. Somebody actually bothered to refinish this thing, glue keycaps on and sell it "fully rebuilt" after literally destroying the pinblock. This is not poor work, it is no work at all, dress up the package and cheat somebody for every penny you can possibly con them for. I have never sent a letter to another technician on stuff like this, but the poor lady was in tears. I would not tune the piano for it must have a new pinblock, pins just will not hold. I feel so bad for her. Wrote up big report and faxed it to her. I really do hope she follows this guy up. This is the worst I have ever seen. Dave Renaud RPT Canada ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
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