Again?

[David ilvedson]

> From:          "pianoman" <pianoman@inlink.com>
> To:            <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject:       Again?
> Date:          Wed, 17 Sep 1997 20:30:31 -0500
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

The problem with those Steinway verticals (F, 1098, 45" etc.) is 
they won't stay where you left them.  If you raise the pitch 
they will creep higher when you come back.  If you lower the 
pitch they go lower.  My only "solution" (really is'nt one) is 
to change as little as possible when tuning and go over it a 
couple of times at least.  I don't think the strings render well 
at the pressure bar...doesn't matter if you pound (which is a 
big mistake with Steinway uprights) or go lightly about.  I 
remember a customer who had a taken a tuning course and was 
curious to watch me tune her piano...Steinway model F.  It was 
not a pleasant experience!

David ilvedson, RPT



> 	So here I was tuning the first warranty tuning on a U-1 #5528977.  I
> looked down to the key strip top and what do I see under the unpolished
> polyester finish but particleboard, ( I H PB ).  Now they have extended the
> use of my most hated wood product up to a higher level than 45".  Now I am
> wondering what is under the veneer on other parts of the U-1.  Does that
> mean the same is true for the U-3 also.  How about the WX-7?
> 	When a maker clearly makes a product leader for the world market why must
> they stoop to use this stuff.  Why can't solid wood be used and adjust the
> price up accordingly.  People do not buy 48" pianos and higher because they
> are looking for a bargain price.  They buy them because they want a most
> excellent product.  A few dollars is not going to stop them.  When a person
> is buying high quality, why must it include PB.  Is there no hope or am I
> crazy and have this anti PB opinion alone.  This stuff should be used on
> the digital pianos where we know they are not going to last a fraction of
> the acoustic pianos' like.  
> 	Today also I tuned a 40" Steinway console (long time client.)  I have
> found that there is no consistent tuning method that gives a really great
> tuning for this size Steinway and they are a real chore to tune because of
> it, B U T,  everything in that little Steinway is solid wood core and I
> have yet to see any manufacturer build a piano more structurally sound than
> a Steinway.  They don't mince the price on any of their models yet most of
> their production is sold before it is produced.
> James Grebe
> R.P.T. from St. Louis
> pianoman@inlink.com
> "A MAN IS LIKE A PIECE OF STEEL- HE IS NO GOOD IF HE LOSES HIS TEMPER"
> 
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