Jasper American Piano

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

I didn't say I loved Steinway uprights. In fact, on this four day week-ends,
I am tuning the pianos at NAU. I asked if they had any Steinway uprights,
and when they said they didn't, I breathed a sigh of relief!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: Jasper American Piano


> Hi Folks,
>
> Why should we bash the instruments that give us our livelyhood. Any piano
> can be improved. I have never come across a piano I consider perfect
> (though I have seen some that were magnificent).
>
> Steam voicing on a Kimball will dramatically improve things with little
> effort. And you can even charge money for it. Where exactly is the
problem?
> We are hired to do a service. We do the best we can given the limitations
> of the instrument.
>
> If the piano swings in pitch there are only two possible problems. The
> piano has a "structural" problem (rarely). Or the environment is not
> suitable. Don't whine about it. Sell them a humidity control system, with
a
> back cover for uprights.
>
> As for Kimball going to a lot of trouble to make a "lousey"
> instrument--well Steinway has the 1098 and their 40" piano is not my
> particular cup of tea either.
>
> At 05:58 AM 11/22/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >Yeah, Terry, you got it......it's a Kimball. I had one customer with one
of
> >these, and she had me tune it regularly. It would swing all over the
place
> >with every change of weather,
> <snip>
> This is one reason I wasn't sorry to
> >hear the Kimball was going out of business. As my mentor Gene Rudder said
> >once, "They went to a lot of trouble to make a lousy piano."
>
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
>
> drose@dlcwest.com
> http://donrose.xoasis.com/
>
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> REGINA, SK
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>