Boston 118s

[Isaac sur Noos]

Their hammers are unresponsive to needling to say the last. have been
needled a lot originally nowadays, long tone, low iH piano, but lack
of liveness in the tone, may be a too soft soundboard also, very
disappointing for the tuner generally (for me anyway).

Isaac

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De
> la part de Ray
> T. Bentley
> Envoye : lundi 9 fevrier 2004 16:50
> A : 'College and University Technicians'
> Objet : RE: Boston 118s
>
>
> Ron,
>
> I service one of those every six months at a local church.  It was
> perhaps the wimpiest studio I've encountered -- very weak,
> mushy tone.
> I used acetone and keytops on the hammers a couple of years
> ago now.  I
> also sanded the hammers really smooth with several grades of paper,
> ending with 600 grit.  It made a big improvement.
> Otherwise the overall
> quality seems excellent.
>
> Ray
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Ray T. Bentley, RPT
> Registered Piano Tuner-Technician
> Alton, IL
> ray@bentley.net
> www.ray.bentley.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of
> Ron Koval
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:28 AM
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: Boston 118s
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Any one have any experience with the Boston upright 118s?
> It's probably
> a
> little late now, but I've got one in a high school choir
> room that gets
> a
> ton of use.  They just got it last summer and are really
> unhappy about
> the
> lack of power.  They aren't really happy with the tuning
> instability,
> and
> loose clicking parts, but it's pretty dry now, and it IS a
> new piano.
> I'll
> be seeing it Thursday, the dealer tech was out last week, and I'm
> supposed
> to talk with the dealer after I've been there.
>
> It's been played in, and voiced a few times by the dealer tech.  The
> player
> told me the voicing helped a little, for about a week.  They say it
> plays
> like it has a cold - just no tone at all.  They think it
> might be fine
> for a
> living room, but just doesn't seem to cut it for institutional use.
>
> So.... any hints what to try?  I should get a chance to
> talk with the
> dealer
> tech tonite.
>
> And... Any clue how these hold up to heavy use?  Their tall
> Kawai did
> great,
> for about 20+ years.  This year, the district was buying Bostons.
>
> Ron Koval
> Chicagoland
>
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