voicing on M&H

[pianoman]

	My earlier post asked the question, "Why would anyone want to  re-voice a
new Mason & Hamlin A".
	I figure that on the fine;  no, probably almost all new pianos are never
going to sound, play, look, or act better than when they leave the factory
and are prepped and tuned in the showroom.  These people at the factory do
the same job, (voicing, regulation,etc.) all day every day.  I could not
think that I could ever compete with their expertise doing what I do only
fairly regularly as compared to all day every day.
		When a client asks me about buying a piano I always recommend that they
go to the showroom and play all of the models and pick the one they like
best and tell the salesman that it is the one they want and proceed to
write down the serial number to make sure.  Forget about wheeling and
dealing, the one they want is the one they picked out, not one from the
warehouse. 
	 It is somewhat akin to picking a mate.  In my case, I knew I wanted a
woman for my wife but certainly any woman is not the same as THE woman.  Do
not be swayed by remarks like, "Oh, we can voice it to suit you after
delivery."  POPPYCOCK.  Why would you want to revoice another piano to
match the one you picked out in the first place.  Carefully choose one with
all the perameters you are looking for and get the same one you chose. 
	 Sorry to be so passionate.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
pianoman@inlink.com
"I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge".