tone sustain

[Avery Todd]

Hi Les,

   I'm going to "step in it" here and agree with both of you. I totally
agree with what you said but if Frank DOES decide to have another go at it
in spite of what you said :-), I agree with Susan. It's a great, legitimate
way of getting those concrete type of hammers down to a reasonable level
with killing yourself and the hammer by digging holes in them with needles.
And that's about all needling would accomplish.
   I hate it when I have to agree with two people on the same post. :-)

Avery

> Hi, Sue:
>
>I'm sorry, but I must respectfully disagree with your advice. The
>fact is, I hate working for STUPID clients. This bozo obviously gave
>poor Frank a really hard time about this piano, yet the fault doesn't
>lie with Frank, it lies with the owner. The problems Frank describes--
>false beats galore and excessive drightness--are FEATURES built into
>the Samick piano and were there from day one! The question is: If
>the owner doesn't like the way the piano sounds, THEN WHY DID HE BUY IT?
>If this guy calls again, I suggest that Frank refer him back to the
>dealer where he bought the piano, so the guy who made the big bucks on
>this deal can tackle these all-too-common problems. Frank, meanwhile,
>can move on to something more worthwhile. He doesn't need anymore of
>this undeserved grief. I hope he has a GREAT weekend!
>
>Les Smith

>On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Susan Kline wrote:
>
>> Frank wrote:
>> >
>> >The other night I tuned a Samick grand.  Man, was the customer mad!!!
>> >He said that the paino sounded terrible, like a honky-tonk piano.  I
>> >went back and tried to clean up some of the false beats, but the piano
>> >is full of them every where.  That's not what he was mad about, however.
>> >
>> >He didn't like the extremely bright tone of the piano.  I had brought
>> >the pitch up, mostly in the upper half of the paino, and he noticed the
>> >increased brightness.  I told him I could reduce the brightness wjith
>> >voicing, but not tuning. So...he's calling the Samick rep to see what
>> >they say.
>> >
>> >I've had better weeks.  Oh well, Fridays almost here.
>> >--
>> >
>> >Frank Cahill
>> >Associate Member
>> >Northern Va

>> Steam! Steam! Steam!