voicing on M&H back

[pianoman]

Dear David,
My quote was "almost".  That does not mean I could not improve some but I
would venture a guess that I could not do better on "All".
	 Obviously,  there must be a difference in technicians.  I have been
successfully doing what I have been doing for 36 years and I am not
presumptuous enough to say that I can  do better than factory work all of
the time, and I am not humble so much as realistic.
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".

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> From: temp <dpitsch@ix.netcom.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: voicing on M&H
> Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 1:00 PM
> 
> David W. Pitsch replies:
> I disagree with your statement "almost all new pianos are never going to
> sound, play ... better"
> I can improve on every piano that comes into the dealers' showrooms.  
> Is it that we get different pianos from the factories, or is there an
> ability difference 
> in the technician?
> 
> 
> pianoman wrote:
> > 
> >         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".