Currier pianos

[Roger Jolly]

Hi John, 
          Bridge work is notoriously bad in many of these cheaper made pianos,
seating the strings to the bridge call reduce a large percentage og the
falseness. Bad bridge pinning is some thing that is not cost effective to fix.
Making sure that the hammers are mated to the strings will also help,
particularly in the tenor break.
Braiding off the non speaking length of bass and tenor strings can also help.
If the piano sounds metallic, then voice it down, it will help to mask the
problem, and be less offensive to the ears.
Regards Roger


At 11:36 AM 5/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings, List.
>
>I have tuned several Curriers (2 spinets, 1 console) in the past week. They
>may qualify as PSOs. I made them sound better, but they still did not sound
>all that good when I was finished. The unisons had no beat in them, but
>there was a "waver" or something (I don't know just how to describe it) that
>I could not tune out.
>
>Is it possible to make a Currier sound "good", or must we be satisfied with
>"better"? If it is possible for them to sound good, what is the secret to
>it? I want to do the best job possible, but I don't want to spend precious
>time if it will accomplish no measurable good.
>
>I read in the Pianotech archives (from some time ago) that at a convention
>there was a Grand brand spinet that sounded very good, according to the
>author. I have tuned a couple of "Grands", and this was not at all my
>reaction. :-)
>
>In general, what should we expect from these cheaper pianos?
>
>I look forward to hearing about your experiences with this type instrument.
>
>John Formsma
>
>
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Roger Jolly
Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
Saskatoon/Regina.
Canada.