Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/18

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Subject: Re: Help on Repair
From: Arnold Don Abravanel <kvetch@ibm.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 06:18:44 -0700

I know that there has been listings of these repair poeple, but for the
newcomers to the Lug, and myself can someone please list these four again.
I have a IIIA that needs curtain repair.
Thank you,
Arnold, Westlake Village, CA

At 05:32 PM 7/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Jul 1997 seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com wrote:
>
>>       I have several Leica SM and M bodies to be serviced.  From all 
>>      gathered info on competent repair persons, I narrowed down to three:
>>      
>>      1. Don Goldberg
>>      2. John Van Shelten
>>      3. Golden Touch
>>      
>[snip]
>
>My own experience has been exclusively with Sherry Krauter of Golden
>Touch who for about ten years now has been working on my Leica
>rangefinders - both bodies and lenses.  She's also done a Nikon F3
>(which required a bit of diagnostic persistence to resolve the problem)
>and a Rollei 35S.  The latter non-Leica piece produces images just this
>side of amazing, but that's another thread for another list. Nothing has
>had to go back because of an inadequate repair. What's been most
>impressive to me is her candor as to the cost vs. the value of a repair
>
>This is a personal opinion. YMMV, as the cybersaying goes.
>
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