This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I went to the web-site that was listed for Yamaha in one of the = other posts, and read what it said about their pianos that were made for = the Japanese market, it's essentially the same as what I had originally = wrote, so I really don't understand this post from Richard. Sure, if we = get there before the piano is coming unglued or cracking, and if we can = maybe sell them a DC unit (on an upright), or convince them to climate = control the room, we can do them a service. But what about the pianos = that we don't see until they develop real problems? What does this thread have to do with "tooner/techs who don't have = the foggiest idea......" Kevin E. Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Brekne=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:42 AM Subject: Re: Grey Market etc. =20 "Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote:=20 Stephen Powell, RPT wrote; As I understand it, Yamaha dries = the wood in their pianos to an EMC appropriate for the region that it is = to be shipped to. For instance, a piano that is going to be shipped to = the Southwest U.S., would probably have about a 4% moisture content. The = problem is when a piano is meant to be used in one climate, but ends up = in another. I used to live near a military installation, ( Twenty Nine = Palms Marine Corp Air Combat Center, CA.), and I would see a few pianos = that had been purchased in Okinawa, Japan, or Guam. They were nearly new = when I saw them, but believe me, they didn't like the desert! Kevin E. = Ramsey=20 ramsey@extremezone.com Personally, it is my personal type view that the problem is nothing = more then complicated then the public at large, and for that matter a = significant amount of tooner / techs havent got the foggiest idea what a = piano really is. For so very very many a piano is simply something that = has all these black and white keys (preferably all of them) and makes = this kind of noise when you push down on one of them. Oh yeah... = sometimes you need to call some guy.... (are there girls that do this = stuff too ???, can you really make a living at this ???) to come and = toone it.=20 If people knew, or cared enough to know, how to take care of an = instrument made largely of wood, then none of this kind of stuff would = be a significant problem. In most cases its easy enough to provide a = decent and appropriate climate for a piano.=20 =20 =20 --=20 Richard Brekne=20 RPT, N.P.T.F.=20 Bergen, Norway=20 mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/87/71/86/df/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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