[pianotech] Yamaha GA1 Barely 10 years old Has Loose Tuning Pins- 2nd owner

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/22/2011 10:24 PM, Michael Magness wrote:
> I was called to tune this Yamaha GA1 today the lower half of the bass
> section tuning pins were very loose, the upper half a little better,
> lower tenor barely holding, as I moved up the scale from there it got
> noticebly tighter. It appeared to have been CA'd but not too well or
> whoever did it started at the treble & ran out by the time he/she got to
> the bass.
> The customer bought it used from a piano "restorer" in Rockford, ILL The
> piano hadn't been tuned in about a year & moved about 170 miles to it's
> present location. The customer has a dedicated humidity system that
> keeps the home humidified to at LEAST 35% today it was 43%, but the
> piano was roughly 30 to 55c flat bass being the flattest & a few in the
> very high treble being less than 5c flat.
> The customer raised the question, when I told/showed him the loose
> tuning pins, if the "restorer" had ever tuned the piano to pitch, I
> replied it was a good question to which I had no answer.
> Advice?

The truth. You don't know, but the condition of your tuning a year from 
now should be informative.


> Comments?

Happens way too often.


> Anyone ever heard of this in a Yamaha or in this model Yamaha?

Not as a fault of the piano, though this is possibly the worst scale 
I've ever had the misfortune to tune.
Ron N