Robert Goodale re. GH-1

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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    Joe, I hate to break it to you, but I don't think Yamaha is offering =
this kit any more. I asked about it when I was down there a couple of =
months ago, and the person I spoke with said "nope".=20

    If you thought the GH1 was poorly scaled, wait till you see your =
first GA1E.=20

    Don't get me wrong, I love Yamahas, I own two of them, but they have =
to offer their "price point" models too. It's just a fact of life, I =
guess. I did have one person who called me and said that the low tenor =
needed work, I went out and it was scaling, not string leveling, not =
tuning, not voicing, but SCALE DESIGN.=20

    I hate it when that happens...........


Kevin E. Ramsey
ramsey@extremezone.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Joseph Garrett=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:39 PM
  Subject: Robert Goodale re. GH-1


  Robert,
  There is a good fix for that piano. It is available from Yamaha. I did =
the
  "Re-scale" for them many years ago. They requested that I not talk =
about the
  problem, but the word got out anyway. (Not from me!) It is a common =
fix, now
  days, and it certainly can make the "break" a whole lot better.
  One of the main problems with doing the alteration, is that the piano
  doesn't have braces and is really squirrelly when you take the strings =
off
  in that area. The ones I've done, jumped up 20-30 cents sharp (!) at =
A=3D440.
  Once I got the new bi-chord strings on and in tune, the darn thing =
went
  right back to being on! The more current models, they have added =
bracing and
  the newer scaling.


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