At 10:05 4/8/2004 -0500, you wrote: >I've had TWO incidences where I've been called out AFTER they have gone >to considerable expense and time spent on refinishing the piano--only to >find that the guts are totally shot, strings rusted, etc. One case was >particularly heartbreaking because it was a truly beautiful Victorian >(American, not overdamper). I'd like to have rebuilt it, but no way Jose >for them. The other was also a beauty: a magnificent 1904 Crown 4-pedal >upright. Sigh. > >Alan R. Barnard >Salem, MO I know that pain, too. We all love pianos which can be rehabilitated - if we didn't, would we be in this line of work? I may be pleasantly surprised at this $20 piano, but when the proud(?) new owners are already allowing for the possibility of it being put to sleep, I'm not holding my breath. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. ---Wm. Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice
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