---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That would be a question that has been asked "Oh about 12 million times" by everyone from dealers to techs to pianists. I have several theories. One is that they are doing exactly what they always did and that the dealer has always had an in house tech who would fine regulate and voice on the spot. I suppose 100 years ago when you put a piano on a wagon or train to go 900-3000 miles you weren't very concerned about the fine details of voicing. I do note that when I see a fresh one out of a box that seems to have been crated in the very recent past that they are much more close to being well regulated than they are when they have hung around a while before being boxed. I think production schedules and time of year have a lot to do with that. Typically after they have been around for 4 -5 weeks they have settled enough for fine tuning and have rid themselves of the greenies. Two is that the demands of the piano buying public don't equate with careful regulation and voicing. No one comes in and is able to say the let off is too far away, the frame isn't bedded. All they say is that they usually want it brighter or either do or do not like it. It seems to me that more effort has been put into coming up with exotic woods to appeal to decorators than in producing a piano that has no warts or minor flaws. The frustrating thing is that there aren't many major problems - it's all just little tiny changes and adjustments that make it better. The last 10% seems to make 100% difference. My approach to getting these pianos ready for professional use is: Tune, reduce friction, even out friction, tune, regulate, tune, voice - in a nutshell. TP ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/92/34/14/13/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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