Yamaha electric grand

[Ward & Probst]

Terry,

I had one of these in a "Full Gospel" church.
They broke strings on it religiously, especially in the bass.
I had the sound man feed the piano back to the player until the monitor was
just at the point of feedback and measured 125DB on a hard blow.
At least the case kept the strings from a full launch.

So it goes,
Dale
Dale Probst, RPT
Member, TEAM2001
PTG Annual Convention
Reno, NV --July 11-15, 2001
email: wardprobst@cst.net
(940)691-3682 voice
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 9:17 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Yamaha electric grand


Hi Mark. Please do post your post-servicing observations. I tuned one of
these a couple years ago. Strange little critter. Seems to me they should be
great for a church where they have the wild climatic swings and mike the
darn things anyway. The one I tuned did not have an amp. I still was OK to
tune, although I'm sure it would have been nice to crank it up a bit. They
really are cool. Let us know.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <bases-loaded@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: Yamaha electric grand


> Greetings -
>
> Dave Renaud brought up a Yamaha electric grand, which made me realize I
> will be servicing one next week for the very first time.  Can't believe
> I've never run into one yet, but I haven't.  I am told this has
> two-string unisons in the plain wire, and an 'acoustic' action.
>
> Is there anything in particular I should look out for with these
> critters, either tuning or otherwise, or do most of the acoustic piano
> principles apply?
>
> All suggestions welcomed.
>
> Mark Potter
> bases-loaded@juno.com
>