The GA1 was a very poor piano from the start. Yamaha went to a GB1 after a short time. Even with a new pinblock, the scale is awful, the lowest notes in tenor are virtually untunable. They should probably be avoided completely. Michael Gutowski Chicago In a message dated 12/22/2011 10:25:04 P.M. Central Standard Time, ifixpiano at gmail.com writes: 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? Comments? Anyone ever heard of this in a Yamaha or in this model Yamaha? Any help appreciated, will call Yamaha after the holidays, Mike -- I think we are a product of all our experiences. _Sanford I. Weill_ (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html) Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 _www.IFixPianos.com_ (http://www.ifixpianos.com/) email _mike at ifixpianos.com_ (mailto:mike at ifixpianos.com) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111222/53f16767/attachment.htm>
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