[pianotech] What?!!

[Dean May]

What makes it even more meaningless is the customer's perception. Replace
some bridal straps and damper felt and a couple years later the customer
refers to it as the time I rebuilt the inside. 

Dean
Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text 
PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        
Terre Haute IN 47802

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Encore Pianos
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:40 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What?!!

It's the only way you can have an apples to apples discussion.  It's the
only way we can have or create commonly accepted terminology as to what
constitutes "rebuilding, "remanufacturing", "reconditioning " and so on.
Unless we define our terms, it's nothing but nonsense where we are talking
about "something" but we do not know exactly what.   Ron may know what a
rebuild entails, but I may think it is something different, and someone else
thinks it something different from either Ron or me.  If the three of us try
to converse without defining our terms, where's that going to go?

I know what a REAL REBUILD entails, but I'm not telling, and you can't pry
it out of me......       :-)

Will Truitt  

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Love
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 1:46 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What?!!

Plus I think the issue with respect to this particular discussion is
deciding when it's worth rebuilding and the associated costs for certain
procedures versus buying new.  Unless we're clear on what exactly rebuilding
means and entails it's pretty hard to make that determination.  Clearly it
means different things to different people.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 10:36 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What?!!


> Ron,
> And you want a detailed list? Why?

Why not? I'm wondering what a "got it all" "real rebuild" that isn't a
"remanufacture" is. I don't have any problem describing what I do to a
customer's piano if someone is interested. Why would you?


You know damned well what a "rebuild"
> entails.

No Joe, I don't, which is why I asked. Anyone who's been in the business
since Tuesday has been called to service someone's "rebuilt" piano that
proved to be anything from beautifully remanufactured (*extremely* rare), to
a crappie shelter that someone blew out the chunks, glued on (but didn't
trim)new keytops (much more common), or anything in between.


>do you need to see my list to validate my ability or thoroughness 
>or???? Why is it you can't just take my word? Not following your 
>insistance  here bub.

Joe, it's not a matter of trust. I've never seen any of your work, so I have
nothing to judge by except what you say, and when you say something got "it
all", but didn't, then I have nothing to go on except a contradiction. That
makes "got it all" empty hype, so I can't help but wonder what was actually
done to the piano. I don't see anything at all unreasonable about that, and
wonder why there is so much resistance to outlining a rough list of what was
done to the piano that produced such a fine result.

Ron N





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