Falconi & Pearl River

[Jeannie Grassi]

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Avery,

I think the website may not have =93everything up-to-date in Kansas =
City=94 with
regard to Falcone.   :>)

jeannie

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Jeannie Grassi, RPT

Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal

 <mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net> mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf
Of Avery Todd
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:37 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Falconi & Pearl River

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David,=20

At 12:46 AM 6/29/05, you wrote:



In a message dated 6/28/05 3:58:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
dporritt@mail.smu.edu writes:

A lady called me and asked about the relative merits of Falconi and =
Pearl
River pianos in the same price range.  I=E2=80=99ve not worked on either =
of these
pianos.  Does anyone have any input on this?

 Thanks!

David,
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My experience with Pearl Rivers has been overall on the positive side, =
given
the prices they sell for.  Some of them are among the most stable pianos =
I
tune. =20
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I've also run into some that have regulation problems because the =
moisture
content in the balance rail is unstable. =20
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I can't offer any Falcone (sp.?) input.
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Dave Stahl


I agree with Dave, although I don't "think" I've had any moisture =
content in
the Pearl Rivers. I don't usually have a chance to follow up on any =
thought,
because I normally only do prep work on them in the store. Like most =
pianos,
they always need some prep work: bedding, reg., hammer fitting, some
voicing, etc. However in my experience, they always need much less than =
the
Falcone. Much!=20

I just went to the newly redesigned web site of PTG and in the =
manufacturers
list, it says the Falcone is no longer being made and the name belongs =
to
Mason & Hamlin. If correct, I wasn't aware of this.=20

Anyway, I'd go with the Pearl River any day of the week! You can also =
get
them with Piano Disc installed in them. Also, the tech rep. is Mark =
Wisner
and he's been extremely helpful with any problems I've had (which have =
been
few and not serious). JMO.=20

Avery=20


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