Ben---Please take a look at this; it's the best retrofit unit on the planet. I've heard it up close, for 2 hours, and it's truly awesome. Wayne Stahnke is the O.G.---original genius---with solenoid-based reproducing machines. http://www.live-performance.com/ Best, David Andersen On Apr 22, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Willem Blees wrote: > Ben > > Your concern seems to be the effect on how the action plays and the > sound of the piano. A correctly installed Piano Disc system alters > neither. After the installation, you will not be able to tell any > difference in the way the action feels, nor what the piano sounds > like. > > I used to work for a guy who sold used pianos. He wasn't a piano > player or technician, but loved selling them. He was very > particular about who he sold his piano to. He would go to a > customers house to see where the piano was going to be placed, and > ask detailed question about who was going to play it, and how it > was going to be played. If he didn't think the piano would be > treated right, he refused to sell the piano. In other words, he was > eccentric. > > When I sold pianos, as long as the check didn't bounce, I could > care less what they did with the piano once it left my store. If > you don't need the money, then don't sell it to them. Otherwise, > once they buy it from you, it's theirs to do with what they want. > > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > Honolulu, HI > Author of > The Business of Piano Tuning > available from Potter Press > www.pianotuning.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Loeb <ben at benloeb.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 6:42 am > Subject: Steinway Concert Grand -- player piano > > Does anyone have any feelings about turning a Steinway concert > grand into an electronic player piano? I have a potential buyer of > my piano who wants to add the disc system, or something like that. > As a piano purist, I am considering not selling her the piano if > she is serious because I don't want to affect the quality of the > sound or action of the piano. But, is it possible to attach these > devices without affecting anything? The piano would be in her > home, but would be used for rather large (~100 people) home > performances. > > > Benjamin Loeb > www.benloeb.com > p/f (915) 875-0231 > c (915) 525-4033 > > = > Get the MapQuest Toolbar, Maps, Traffic, Directions & More! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080422/a2e598aa/attachment.html
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