The owners are the ones mainly interested in how old their pianos are...I see no harm in that... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 2/28/2008 4:00:00 PM Subject: dating pianos. >Hi, >If I were going to date anything it would be a woman. *grin* >Once upon a time two brothers bought identical cars. One brother followed >the recommended maintenance for things such as oil changes--and the other >did not. Guess which car was still running ten years and 100,000 kilometers >later? >I see very little value in knowing the age of a piano. All that matters is >the condition it is currently in. >Our magnificent rebuilders can take just about any "box" and with unlimited >funding can turn it into a "better than new" instrument. They may pick and >choose what is their minimum standard for a shell to be worth >remanufacturing. >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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