[pianotech] Boston Question

[Farrell]

I own a Boston GP-178 (I know, different model) that is about 12 or 13 years 
old. Entire piano is incredibly stable - doesn't very more than two cents in 
a year.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Boston Question


>
> I've tuned a few of those and never encountered a problem.  Church 
> environments are tough---they might find that every piano they put in 
> there has the same problem.
>
> How often is the piano moved to the recording studio?  I assume it must be 
> in the same building, but even if the studio was on the same floor as the 
> church, the jostling along the way might contribute to the problem.
>
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago
>
>
> --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Avery Todd <ptuner1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Avery Todd <ptuner1 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [pianotech] Boston Question
>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Cc: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 2:30 PM
>> List,
>>
>> I just had a call about a Boston GP193 (7' ish)
>> that's app. 10 yrs. old with
>> a persistent tuning problem in the upper 2-3 octaves. The
>> unisons won't stay
>> in tune. The owner has checked with several technicians
>> & one even told him
>> that the problem was inherent in that age of that piano
>> & that there's no
>> fix for the problem that he'd heard about. Newer
>> versions no longer have the
>> problem, he said.
>>
>> I've never run across that particular one and have
>> never heard of this (I've
>> tuned very few Bostons). Has anyone else? Does anyone know
>> of a "fix" for
>> this problem, short of a redesign/rebuild? The piano is in
>> a fairly large
>> church and they now are planning on getting rid of it
>> because of this
>> problem. They don't really want to because they love
>> the touch but they use
>> it in a recording studio and it's "driving them
>> crazy"!
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> Avery Todd, RPT
>> Houston, TX
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