Question: What's the difference?

Del Gittinger delgit@acc-net.com
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 10:55:58 -0500


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One more thought.

Probably the main selling feature used by manufacturers and sales staff =
to sell the digital piano is that "it never needs tuning".  Boy, that =
irks me!  The pitch of those instruments wasn't necessarily 440 when =
they came out of the factory and the pitch will drift with the aging of =
the R/C components of the master clock.  I service electronic music =
equipment in addition to pianos and very few electronic instruments I =
see are standing at 440 when I see them.  If you're tuning a piano to be =
played with any electronic instrument - CHECK IT.

I play serveral digital and analog electronic instruments in my band(s) =
and they make plenty of great sounds - none of which replecate the =
original well, they just imitate the original.  One of them is on my =
work bench now - waiting for parts I haven't been able to locate.  It is =
14 years old and finding the parts means quizzing my friends on the MITA =
list to see if any of them has one in their inventory - the factory =
can't/won't help.  My 1953 Baldwin M grand sounds great and parts are =
readily and easily obtained.

Manufacturers are starting to dispose of all parts not used on =
instruments younger than 10 years.  They are "trashing" them instead of =
selling them to 3rd party vendors to supply the repair industry.  =
In-other-words,  if the part isn't used in a TV or VCR it won't be =
available.

Parts for organs are readily available because the manufacturers sold =
the old inventory to 3rd party suppliers who in turn provide them for =
the organ technicians.  I can get almost any part for the oldest organs =
made.

Del Gittinger, RPT
Del's Music Studio, Marion, OH
Piano Tuning & Service
Electronic Instrument repairs including organs
delgit@acc-net.com

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