Noisy Yamaha Strings

[Steve Blasyak]

Hey Now,

Just get a couple of those tapes from DC. Leave them with the customer that has heater bar with no stat. The tape splains it all prety good.

Steve

Orange County Ca

Pura Vida


----- Original Message ----- 
From: BRETT GLASS 
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: 2/24/2007 11:47:52 AM 
Subject: Noisy Yamaha Strings


Aloha Patrick, I went round and round with a dealer here in Hawaii over damp chasers. They and other dealers are living in the past about 40 years I'd say. They put the same watt bar in every piano grand 5 to 9 feet long spinet to studio they don't seem to care is what I first thought. But I came to realize that they just didn't know better, how or why I'm not sure. I've only been out here for 5 years . I talked with Greg(Yamaha) and Rodger(DC) about this. Greg say sure a good thing as long as it's installed properly. OK I'll bite and that is????? Oh well you need to talk to DC. OK I see Rodger??? Well they know and have done their home work , but when put in a corner and no way to explain their way out it came down to the Dollars as it always does. So It's OK to install at or below 25 watts without a stat. That leaves it wide open for just about anything. I've got two customers on the island with Steinway's that have three heater bars under them totaling over 75 watts with no stat. They think it's OK because another tech told them so. This will all pan out someday when a few of us all take the high road and make the difficult choices despite the bottom line. If I were a dealer I'd be concerned with everyone being all over the place. And I've got many many customer here that think they have protected their pianos because they were misinformed by people in the piano business that have not kept up with the change in technology and the products available. Thinking that because this is how we have done it for the last 25 or 30 years so it must be the right way. Most of these customers pianos are a poster child (much to their surprise) for the effects of high humidity. Cracks, splits, rust On and On. I told Roger these would be great pictures for their brochure except for that heater bar in the picture. He said that in order to make change it is up to us in the piano business. well I'm trying!
Brett

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