Kimballs ( was Kimballs & Breaking Strings)

[Danny Moore]

Les,
Think back to school daze and those Kimball consoles we had to
floor-tune for Jim.  All 4 had LOW tension scalse and laminated sound
boards.  Jim explained then that the breakage problem was a result of
excessive angles between the V-bar and the pressure bar in the treble,
and over the V-bar in the bass.  He also explained that was why he
wouldn't let any of the other students work on them.

I would have thought that you would have gotten in on that particular
lecture, however, as you said, you have never been known for broken
strings.  Based on past experience, he probably assumed that I needed
another broken-string lecture . . . something about a
bull_in_a_china_shop_method of pitch raising.

Danny Moore

Leslie W Bartlett wrote:

> Yeabutt-yeabutt-yeabutt, I can't really tell my new customer that.
> These are not "wealthy" folks, though right next to the piano was a
> Lladro porcelin collection valued at more than I earned last
> year...............  I could put my whole house, including garage,
> in
> their downstairs....So, how do I say, "crummy piano" in a way that
> sounds
> like it  is really a fine instrument????????????????
>
>  Actually, I tuned a couple of Kimball grands at a church recently
> that
> impressed me.
>
> Leslie Bartlett
>
> On Wed, 14 May 1997 10:48:28 -0400 (EDT) Tunapiana@aol.com writes:
> > Let's face it - they just are plain crummy pianos anyway
> (Kimballs-My
> >Opinion)
> >
> >
> >tunapiana@aol.com
> >