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

[Dean May]

As a former piano dealer, Al, I can tell you exactly why that is: It’s not
just the dealer, but the customer is stupid and eagerly wants the perception
of buying a good piano for the least money. I was trying to get a church to
get a nice 6’1 Young Chang Pramberger. Lost the sale to my competitor who
sold them a DH Baldwin (made by Samick), smaller piano, for more money. The
elder at the church said they wanted to get a better quality piano so they
went with the “Baldwin.” 

 

Dean

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 1:48 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Yamaha GA1 Barely 10 years old Has Loose
TuningPins- 2nd owner

 

Mark,

 

I know you were joking, but my point was, the GA1 is just to small a piano
to fill a large church and much to reactive to temperature and humidity
changes. You know how churches maintain their environment. It's not a good
piano for anyone, but does a lot worse in a church environment. 

 

There are to many dealers who have no interested in helping a customer
select the proper piano for their needs. It's just about the sale.
Unfortunately, they became a customer after they purchased the piano. I
wasn't there to help them make a proper selection and they are paying for
that better piano with more frequent tunings.

 

Al -

High Point, NC

 

 

 

On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Mark Dierauf wrote:





So the Church should get special treatment but it's ok for their
non-clerical brethren to get the shaft? (<g> couldn't resist!)

- Mark

On 2:59 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: 

Mike, 

 

I haven't had loose tuning pin issues on the GA1, but I can tell you it has
the worst scale and tuning issues I have ever comes across. 

 

I tune quite a few of them, but there is one tune for a Church (I can't
believe a dealer would sell this piano to a church), that gets tuned every 3
months. The tenor break is always at least ±15 cents.

 

On the other hand, the Kawai GM-2 (small, inexpensive piano), is one of the
most stable pianos that I tune. Go figure.

 

Al -

High Point, NC

 

 

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