[pianotech] prepping before sale

[Marcel Carey]

Hi Jer,

 

Boy are we ever grumpy tonight :-)

 

But I agree with you on this one. Don't know which manufacturer you are talking about, but I've seen what you've seen on different brands.

Maybe the wood used to manufacture pianos is just not seasoned enough anymore. It's probably just dried out in a kiln and then processed. I think with the climate changes and humidity swings that I witness here in Canada, the wood might need more than just drying out once. Maybe it needs to sit out in the open for a few years before it's seasoned right for a piano.

 

But then again, you and I are the only ones complaining. So why would a profitable company change the way they produce a piano?

 

Good rant 

 

Marcel Carey
 


From: tunerboy3 at comcast.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:17:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [pianotech] prepping before sale







Personally, what I am encountering are things such as very shallow key dip which is causing terrible bobbling hammers.  I am finding terribly unregulated pianos in general.  
Now, these particular pianos that I am talking about are pianos that are brand new pianos.  It is also the same manufacturer.  Although, I do encounter this with other brands but not to this extent.  
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Now, wouldn’t you think they would listen to us out there in the field and improve and prevent instead of ignorning us?  This is what I hear most often from both the dealer and manufacturer.  "We've never heard this before" or, "we've never heard this from anyone else."  What do they think we are, stupid?  To that, I say BULL!!!  Because in talking with many other techs about it, many of them are encountering the same things on these same pianos.  
 
I see no excuse for pianos leaving the factory in this kind of condition.   
 
I'm sure many of you have encountered these same things and know exactly what brand piano I am referring too but please keep it silent.  They too, know who they are.  
 
There is simply no reason why any piano should leave the factory like this.  
 
Jer  
  		 	   		  
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