---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Alan, I'm assuming he's referring to Moisture Content. As in the seasoning of the wood. Avery At 08:58 PM 6/6/05, you wrote: > >I've been puzzling over your response and can't figure out what you are >referring to as "MC issues." Wazzat? > >Is there any particular ugliness I should look for? > >Actually the tone of the thing is fairly nice for a small, small grand but >it is uneven. A little needling may help. > >Alan Barnard >Salem, Missouri > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:david@davidandersenpianos.com>David Andersen >To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech >Sent: 06/06/2005 8:05:59 PM >Subject: Re: Sojin Daiwoo? > >Anyone heard of this brand of piano? The fallboard says "Sojin" and the >(baby grand) soundboard decal says "Daiwoo"? You'd guess it was made in >Korea, and you'd be right--there is a "Made in Korea" label on the inner rim. > > >Oh, yes. Sweet Jehosophat. I was at the Daewoo factory for a couple weeks >in 1983 as a technical consultant for Sherman Clay Piano Co. They were >using Daewoo as their low-end stencil piano (with "Sherman & Clay" on the >fallboard). > >I could tell you stories from here to next Wednesday about the challenge >these pianos were to straighten out and make some semblance of "right;" I >had hundreds of 'em pass through my hands---actually, mostly through the >hands of three other technicians I was supervising---from '84 to '87. >Serious action issues; serious wood seasoning! and MC issues. Whew. Nasty. >But the factory DID make most of the changes we recommended over the next >year, and the pianos WERE better after my visit. I met some amazingly neat >humans there, and ate some of the best food I've ever had, before or since. > >David Andersen >Malibu, CA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/88/b0/53/bc/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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