I have to join with those that find some virtue in the 1098's. One can learn to tune them in spite of all the false beats and funky tuning pins/pressure bar. And they sound pretty good in spite of all the false beats. I would add one other comment that doesn't seem to have been mentioned. The full width music desk is unmatched by many brands, especially for musicians that have to spread their music out. I've never liked the measly little flip down music desk that has become the norm on bigger console/professional model pianos. Richard West On Dec 5, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Christopher Purdy wrote: > Thanks to everyone that has responded to my questions, both here > and privately. Considering the venom that we usually hear from > piano technicians about these pianos, I was very surprised to > receive more positive feed back than negative. I still welcome any > and all comments. > > In some thirty years at this game, I admit that I have only had a > hand full of customers with the 1098. Despite the university, > Athens is a small town and the only customer I had with one moved > away a couple of years ago. I also have to admit that I allowed > myself to assume a fair degree of distaste for these pianos simply > because other tuners always spoke so poorly of them. I'm opening > my mind to them now, so to speak, and I'm much less apprehensive > about considering them. > > I have been saving all comments I have received about this and plan > to compile all the pros and cons to present to faculty and > administration soon. I would still like to hear from anyone out > there. I am especially afraid of being part of a decision that I > will regret down the road. Since these pianos will outlive me here > at the school of music for many years, I don't want my "legacy" to > come down to my successors asking, what was that idiot thinking? > > Chris > > > Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. > Registered Piano Technician > School of Music, Ohio University > Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall > Athens, OH 45701 > Office (740) 593-1656 > Cell (740) 590-3842 > fax (740) 593-1429 > http://www.ohiou.edu/music > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081205/a86dc058/attachment.html>
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