Hi Folks, Why should we bash the instruments that give us our livelyhood. Any piano can be improved. I have never come across a piano I consider perfect (though I have seen some that were magnificent). Steam voicing on a Kimball will dramatically improve things with little effort. And you can even charge money for it. Where exactly is the problem? We are hired to do a service. We do the best we can given the limitations of the instrument. If the piano swings in pitch there are only two possible problems. The piano has a "structural" problem (rarely). Or the environment is not suitable. Don't whine about it. Sell them a humidity control system, with a back cover for uprights. As for Kimball going to a lot of trouble to make a "lousey" instrument--well Steinway has the 1098 and their 40" piano is not my particular cup of tea either. At 05:58 AM 11/22/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Yeah, Terry, you got it......it's a Kimball. I had one customer with one of >these, and she had me tune it regularly. It would swing all over the place >with every change of weather, <snip> This is one reason I wasn't sorry to >hear the Kimball was going out of business. As my mentor Gene Rudder said >once, "They went to a lot of trouble to make a lousy piano." Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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