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

[Michael Magness]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>wrote:

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> 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**.” ****
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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
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> *To:* **pianotech at ptg.org**
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Yamaha GA1 Barely 10 years old Has Loose
> TuningPins- 2nd owner
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> Mark,****
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> 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. ****
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> 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.****
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> Al -****
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> On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Mark Dierauf wrote:****
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> So the Church should get special treatment but it's ok for their
> non-clerical brethren to get the shaft? (<g> couldn't resist!)
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> - Mark
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> On 2:59 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: ****
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> Mike, ****
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> 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. ****
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> 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.****
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> On the other hand, the Kawai GM-2 (small, inexpensive piano), is one of
> the most stable pianos that I tune. Go figure.****
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I checked the serial number at yamaha corp, it is NOT gray market, I did
notice the HUGE difference at the crossover from bass to tenor tonally but
with the loose pins it wasdifficult to notice any tuning problems.

Thanks to all for your advice/knowledge

Merry Christmas

Mike

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Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
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