This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Why is it that... A collection of rhetorical questions regarding stupid = things that piano companies have done. (No particular reason for this, = just something to make fun of). Why is it that.... 1. Yamaha puts such ridiculous tiny brass wheels on the U1 that they = serve no purpose in moving the piano? 2. Steinway can't grasp the concept that the sostanuto rail belongs in = the piano and not on the action? 3. Some makers both today and yesterday don't machine the plate bridge = so that it has a defined termination point? 4. Some Asian companies, (at least in the past), don't allow room = between the strings and plate for a temperament strip? 5. Baldwin doesn't miter the ribs on their uprights so that they don't = come loose in humid climates? 6. Yamaha and Kawai insufficiently glue the dowels that hold the = removable front in place so that they inevitably fall out? 7. Samick doesn't understand that in order keep grands from wobbling = you must use sufficient glue in the leg joints? 8. Kimball used such flimsy bracing on some smaller uprights that you = could alter the pitch just by lifting on the keybed? 9. QRS thinks that a sustain solenoid should be an option and that = somehow "magic fingers" will sound the same? 10. The Kincade/Grand piano company thought standard plywood from a = lumber yard was sufficient for a soundboard? 11. In the 1970s Wurlitzer forgot that pin blocks must be glued into = the piano so that they don't separate from the back? 12. PianoDisc can't make an operating system that will read general = midi 1 format and not just midi 0? 13. Everett decided that the best way to secure the top of an upright = piano was to use hex head screws? 14. Some 1970's consoles have tenor tuning pins so close together that = you can't get a tuning hammer on them? 15. Various manufacturers built the case in such a way that you can't = get a tuning hammer on the bottom 'A' pin? 16. Some mute rails are so poorly designed they can't be adjusted to = work when they should and not when they shouldn't? 17. Key buttons were omitted in Whitney spinets to save money but = inevitably resulted in wobbly keys? 18. Kimball thought that inventing the "Le Petite" grand was a good = idea? 19. Baldwin decided that the top of a Hamilton should open like a = Pontiac? 20. Story & Clark proudly boasted about their CFS scale but the sound = still sucked? 21. Aeolian thought that key weights should be placed on both sides of = the balance rail pin? 22. Wurlitzer came up with the idea of the ever fashionable naugahide = cases? 23. If at first you don't succeed, how about naming it "Betsy Ross"? 24. Any company that has a decal of a gold medal from some exhibition = is automatically assumed superior? 25. Particle board is not only used in pianos construction but is still = proudly advertised as "solid wood"? Okay, your turn, I've only scratched the surface here. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/42/47/cc/39/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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