During the past year, I completed rebuilding the Duo-Art Action to
a Steinway grand Duo-Art reproducer (XR, art case), in Westchester,
New York.  Unfortunately, after the rebuild was complete, the owner
insisted (over my recommendations that he have the piano rebuilt
first) that I install the Duo-Art action back in the piano, even
though the piano itself needed substantial work.

I completely installed the Duo-Art action (which plays properly) as
I was asked to do, however, the condition of the piano leaves much to
be desired.  The needed piano work appears to include a new pin block,
new hammers, new plastics on the keys, new strings, case refinishing,
etc.  While the Duo-Art action itself works fine, I made clear to the
owner that the piano itself should have been rebuilt and refinished
before I reinstalled the action, but (probably for financial reasons)
the owner insisted that the reproducing action be reinstalled in the
un-rebuilt piano.

In any event, the owner has now sold the piano to a lady in Bethesda,
Maryland, who contacted me (I live in Long Island, New York) asking
if I would remove the Duo-Art action from the piano so that she can
have her piano technician rebuild and refinish the piano, and then
reinstall it.  I strongly recommended to her that the _entire_ Duo-Art
mechanism should be removed from the piano to avoid damaging the
components during piano rebuilding, including the entire top action
(spool box, wind motor, tracker, etc.), all tubing, junction blocks,
control levers, components under keyboard, stack, pump, expression box,
modulator, etc.

At this point, I am not anxious to take on this job because of the
distance between where the piano will be located and my location on
Long Island (about 250 miles), but I emphasized that nobody except an
experienced and competent Duo-Art technician should attempt to either
remove or reinstall the player action.  She then asked me whether,
if I decided not to do this job myself, I could recommend a competent
Duo-Art technician within a reasonable distance from Bethesda, Maryland,
to do this job.  I told her that I would help her explore this
possibility.

She has also asked me if I know of any movers who are experienced
reproducing piano movers who can move the piano from Westchester,
New York, to Bethesda, Maryland.

Thus, my questions are as follow:

1. Can anybody recommend a competent Duo-Art technician within about
50 miles of the Bethesda, Maryland, area who can remove and reinstall
this Duo-Art action?  If so, I would appreciate the information.

2. Can anybody recommend a good reproducing piano mover who can move
this piano from the Westchester, New York, area, to Bethesda, Maryland?
If so, I would also appreciate the information.

Thank you for your time.

Barry Dennis