John, Roger and list, Jon wrote; >I went to move a Samick the other day . . . . .Does anyone know the >size of the hex key so I can have one on hand in the >event of another Samick encounter? The size is 3/8" AF, a size which I feel sure was chosen for the benefit of Samick's most important (80% of sales) market place, the USA. >Another interesting thing happened during the move. . . . I found a >short phillips head machine bolt. . figured it fell out of the >piano. . . The treble nose bolt had fallen out! I retrieved my >flashlight . . to find the stud was about an inch away from the plate. >I turned it back up from underneath but the holes did not align but >close enough to force- >fit. The stud was loose . . in the beam >I set the stud height to the plate and secured it with vise-grips >while threading the bolt in. >Evidently . . the stud was backed-off from the plate >during installation and was hanging-on by a few threads. Fortunately >the plate through that >section is quite thick Which is one aspect of the Samick design which gives the piano potential. >so I don't think any damage was done. Make you wonder though... This is unfortunately common stuff with Samick. Sloppy workmanship is common. Nevertheless, their work standards are better than they were - with a long way yet to go. With the right help (ie. a consultant with a history of tone building) they could build decent pianos, if that ever becomes part of their intended purpose for existence. Unfortunately, many commercial piano makers have such a lack of real piano knowledge that they are mostly incapable of choosing a consultant with the qualities they need to lift their product quality to a new level. Regards, Ron O -- _________________________ Website: http://www.overspianos.com.au Email: mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au _________________________
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