[pianotech] Hardman grand pianos

[Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft]

Good question. There was only one or two tight when I first tuned the piano, which the dealer was willing to cover.  After a year when it became a problem this dealer was not willing to cover the cost of repairs and I guess the customer thought it would go away and didn't pursue it with the dealer. As I said, you just can't figure some peoples thinking.
 
Al -
High Point, NC



On Mar 5, 2011, at 10:04 AM, David M. Porritt wrote:

> This maybe a stupid question but, if it was a new piano and had these problems, why was the dealer not involved?
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> dp
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:04 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Hardman grand pianos
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> Yes, the jack pinning. I have a customer who didn't want to bite the bullet and have me take care of all the tight bushings. After 3 years of fixing the notes that wouldn't repeat when I tuned the piano, I finally got them all fixed. Some times I just can't figure that kind of thinking. They think because they bought a new piano, there is no way it could need all that work. In the end, it cost her a lot more and she suffered with problems for 3 years.
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> Al -
> High Point, NC
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> On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:14 PM, J Patrick Draine wrote:
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> Experience with a few of them, yes. Tight balance rail holes (needs reaming, easing won't do), tight flange bushings: seizing dampers levers, jacks, wippen flanges, etc. Probably plating coming off the center pins causing it, but I'm not sure about that. A bit of inconsistent tuning pin torque, but they generally sound pretty good (quite bright).
> Considerably more "extra work" than the naive new owner is ready to hear about.
> Patrick
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 4:29 PM, CHARLES BECKER <cbeckercpt at verizon.net> wrote:
> Do any of you have any experience with new Hardman grand pianos?  Pros, cons?
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> thanks in advance
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> chuck becker
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