Scott, Hallet Davis is most definitely a Dongbei product. There is excessive friction on the strings making them extremely difficult to render. They do improve with repeated tunings, but I might add that this was after I ProLubed the agraffes, capos and duplexes and then Protek treated the firm felt that was swelling the strings up over a hump on their way to the tuning pins. I've wondered if Dongbei is using the same poorly milled agraffes that Pearl River inflicted on us. Had a dealer scramble looking for someone willing to tune those pianos. They asked me and I said, "Can't be worse then Dongbei, I tune by the hour." I got the job. :-) Andrew Anderson At 11:23 AM 9/15/2007, you wrote: >Ron, >Does the "Imperial German Scale" imply that this is a Samick >product? I see that the folks at pianoworld.com believe that it is a >Dongbei product. > >Scott Jackson >Mt Keira, Australia > > > > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:19:58 -0500 > > From: rnossaman at cox.net > > To: Pianotech at ptg.org > > Subject: Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph > > > > > > I lied about the sealing wax, I think. > > > > It's a 6' 1" Hallett Davis, Chinese made, with an "Imperial > > German Scale", which I assume means Fenner. It had a decent > > sound, nice plate and soundboard finish, with fairly ratty > >_________________________________________________________________ >Roast a Rock Star: watch video interviews with hot music acts >http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=809&referral=hotmailtagline&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/roastarockstar
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