US made Yamaha upright

[gordon stelter]

 Dear List,
     I just tuned a new 48 or 50" Yamaha upright at a
church ( forget what model ).  It was clean, shiny and
new, and had a uniform  action.   But, frankly, the
tone lacked "depth". The words "Two Dimensional"
and "Superficial" come to mind. For all of their other
problems, a nasty, clunky, filthy old American upright
from the teens still has more "depth" of tone, more
resonance than this thing does!  That is my subjective
opinion. Can someone put it into objective, scientific
terms and offer an explanation or remedy?
     Respectfully,
     Gordon Stelter
--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Yes, indeed, but it could still be interesting,
> different and less garish than polished black
> plastic, and still rate pretty darn high on the
> tacky scale!   :-)
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:19 PM
> Subject: Re: US made Yamaha upright
> 
> 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: July 30, 2002 7:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: US made Yamaha upright
> > 
> > 
> > > An anomaly?  I haven't found the US Yamahas to
> be any softer than Japanese
> > Yamahas.  I still prefer Japanese built.  If it
> was black, how did you like
> > the 1 or 2  coats of black over the Oak veneer? 
> Tacky looking in my
> > opinion!
> > >
> > > David I.
> > 
> > 
> > Interesting, different and less garish than
> polished black plastic--in my
> > opinion!
> > 
> > Del
> > 
> 


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