Astin-Weight

[kc7cvc@mtwest.net]

Hi David,
I did one ten or twelve years ago and I thought the action was pretty good but 
the cabinet was made out of verneer particale board and it was warped so bad 
the key board cover dragged on both sides when you opened it. I was very 
disappointed. As for Samick, they make good boat anchors. 

Kindest regards,
Keith Corbridge
Utah

Quoting Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net>:

> 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
> mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
> 




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