Curious - US vs. Jap. built Yamaha verts.

[Barrie Heaton]

In message <004301c209df$7e5a4f80$c0e227a2@computer>, Benny L. Tucker
<precisionpiano@alltel.net> writes
>. Time constraints limit what can be accomplished as far as quality tuning
>goes.We do the best we can within the time allowed per piano.

Is it 16  mins per section I think that is what it is in the UK  as that
is the speed of the conveyer belt it finishes one piano every 16 mins,
as I remember  one guy puts the scale and bass in,  then in the next
booth one has the treble to do,  further down the line  it gets some
more tunings plus a few visits to the plonking machine, which knocks
hell out of it.  It then drops of the conveyer belt,  off to despatch
if the piano stays in there more than 2 days it gets a complete tuning
by one guy. The tension has been on the back for about 6 weeks before
the back hits the main conveyer belt.



Barrie,

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