Astin-Weight

[Greg Newell]

David,
         I too serviced one about 15 years ago or so. It seems odd that 
though their still in existence, it's hard to find out anything about them. 
Too bad. Yet another example of how tough it is to manufacture in this 
country I'll bet.

Greg Newell



At 07:49 PM 6/12/2002, you wrote:
>     Has anyone serviced newer Astin-Weight consoles?  They used to be
>considered a fairly decent, maybe even good to excellent American make, but
>I've tuned only one,  maybe 18 years ago.  I heard one bit of hearsay that
>the newer ones are pretty terrible, but what they meant by that, I don't
>know.  Are they at least as "good" as yer average Korean piano (Young Chang,
>Samick, etc.)?  A customer is considering buying one at a considerable
>discount, compared to buying at a piano dealer, since the factory will ship
>it direct.  TIA for any info.   --David Nereson, RPT, Denver

Greg Newell
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