[pianotech] Fwd: Boston GP-178

[Encore Pianos]

I got nuked a couple of years ago for about 9 months.  I sent an e-mail to
the home office alerting them to the hiccup after I discovered I could no
longer post.  I was told that the problem was at my end.  I called my
internet service provider and was told that the problem was at their end.
The problem was never solved, and I was not able to post again until I got a
new e-mail address for my business and started to use that.  

 

I’d like to blame it on Higher Logic (it’s so much fun
. ) but this was
before HL reared its ugly head.  J

 

I suspect there are other broken bodies out there
..

 

Will Truitt

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:48 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: [pianotech] Fwd: Boston GP-178

 

>From Terry Farrell. He is unable to post to our list.

 

Thanks for the info Terry.

 

Al -

High Point, NC

 

 

 

Begin forwarded message:

 

From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>

Subject: Re: [pianotech] Boston GP-178

Date: May 15, 2012 10:39:09 AM EDT

To: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com>

 

Hi Al,

I'm replying to you privately, but only because I can't post to the
Pianotech List - my subscription got screwed up a year or two ago and they
won't let me re-subscribe - so here I am a PTG member and can't interact
with other fellow techs the way I'd like to. But more to the point.......

I owned a Boston GP-178 for about eight years - I think it was built in the
mid-1990s. It was the nicest piano I serviced. For years I tuned it fairly
regularly, every four months or so. And even then the "tuning" was really a
light touch-up. I don't have whole-house humidity control, but I did have a
good four-rod Dampp-Chaser dehumidier system on it (no humidifier). I live
near Tampa, Florida.

One time, I guess I got lazy, I let the tuning go for about 18 months. There
may have been a couple strings up in the high treble that were five cents or
so out, but everything else was still within one or two cents. I had saved
the tuning on my SAT at the time, so I was able to compare the tuning state
note-by-note quite accurately. That piano was by far the most stable piano I
have ever run across.

I had done some Stanwood-type evening out of the action touchweight and some
standard but thorough maintenance on the piano - it was and very, very nice
piano.

I sold it two or three years ago now to a church. I still see it every six
months for a service call. The lady who plays it at the church always asks
me "why did you sell such a nice piano?"

I still find it quite stable at the church, but I think with the church AC
going on and off as they do (it's only on on Sundays and Wednesdays), that
does take a small toll on the tuning. The DC dehumidification system is
still on the piano and they have a nice heavy quilt cover on the piano.

If you care to post this to the Pianotech List, please feel free. I hope you
found some of this to be of interest.

Terry Farrell
Farrell Piano Service, Inc.


On May 15, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:




Here I am, a year later, blown away by this piano again. A little background
this time. I first tuned this piano in 2006 with a pitch raise and tuning.
The piano was between -30 and -75 cents. Tuned it again 4 months later in
May. I found it at 441 and tuned it there.

 

I've been tuning it at 440 every year in May, since then. I wrote about it
last year when I found the furthest notes out at -6 and +2 cents. Returned
this year to find the furthest notes out to be -3 and +2. Totally
unbelievable! This piano has no humidification system, but the owner says
there is a whole house humidification unit in their heating system. I find
the temperature is at 70° ± 1 and the humidity is at 42% ± 2.

 

I just had to share this again. I find it very hard to believe. This piano
is like a rock. Then there's the church with a GH1, that's out of tune after
breathing near it for 5 minutes.

 

Al -

High Point, NC

 

 

 

 

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