Ralph & List, I couldn't agree more with you on the subject of twisting tuning pins with Young Changs. After measuring the pins, I found out that they are probably #1 metric. I also suspect that their steel might not be tempered enough. Do some of you think that it could be a possibility? At 08:36 97-11-12 -0500, you wrote: >Dave and others > >I have been tuning Young Changs for some years now, There's no question >that their grands are much improved. My only personal peeves are that I >also find them somewhat difficult to tune in that it is difficult to >settle the pins. They are normally quite tight and seem to twist more >than other pins. You have to be extremely careful that you have settled >on pitch with the entire pin and that it is not the twist that is on >pitch. > >They really don't seem to stand in tune as well as Yamaha (for instance) >in the beginning, but after the first year (providing the customer has it >tuned regularly) they seem to stand fairly well. By the preceeding, I >mean three tunings. > >Their consoles have also improved but I fear their recent venture into >Chinese manufacture will tend to diminish the reputation for fine quality >that they have been working so hard to acheive. > >They like Yamaha have learned to ship out pianos that are above pitch. I >remember when you could uncrate a Yamaha and put it on the floor without >having to tune it in order to sell it. This is no longer the case. >Incidently, the grapevine has it that Yamaha is also considering some >Chinese piano manufacture. I don't really know if this is factual. I hope >it is not. > >There are also some problems with Young Chang in humid Florida with >sluggish centers and keys when new but easily solved with an occasional >re-pin. > >For what it's worth, this has been my experience. > >regardRalph Martin >On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 01:51:00 -0500 (EST) DGPEAKE@aol.com writes: >>Caleb, >> >>About 30 years ago, the Yamaha's were not a good piano, but they are >>in >>excellent quality now. Young Chang may be of the same path. >> >>I contract w/a dealer that used to sell YC's and my experience that >>they are >>hard to get the tuning to stablelize. My church has a G213 which I >>tune >>every month, not >>because it gets hours and hours of heavy use per week, but because it >>will >>not stay >>in tune. >> >>10.5K is a good starting price for a new grand of YC's quality. Since >>the >>dealer I contract with is no longer selling the YC's, I am not sure >>about the >>quality of the ones manufactured today. Chances are the newer YC's are >>better >>today than the past. Comments are welcome. >> >>Dave Peake, RPT >>Portland, OR >> >> >> >> >
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