On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Avery Todd <ptuner1 at gmail.com> wrote: > List, > > Thanks for all the replies. Some good information, as usual. I'm going to > respond to several things in one post to avoid some clutter. > > 1. Thanks for the correction(s) on the piano size. That was what I was told > over the phone. I haven't seen the piano yet, so wasn't sure & am not very > familiar with Bostons. > 2. Thanks for the link to David Kirkland (email) & the warranty > possibility. > 3. Actually, it isn't what I'D call a "very large church". That was the > term used but it actually seats about 400 or so, I was told. I believe it's > the First Baptist Church in the town in which it's located. > 4. I thought about the church climate thing too. It had to be touched up > during a recording session once when the tuner happened to be there. I know > that's not too unusual. They also said that it will go out even during a > service. > 5. As far as the moving distance/frequency & if it's tuned "after" it's > moved, I don't know. As far as pin torque & a few other questions asked of > me, I just don't know yet. > > Without having seen the piano, I tend to agree that the most logical reason > is string rendering problems. When/if I see the instrument, I'll check all > the other things mentioned, also. > > The phone call was from a dealer I do quite a bit of work for (not in > Houston) and the music director was very honest with him about the problems, > so he's trying to decide how much might be a fair offer & is a little > reluctant to take it in on a trade because of the warranty he would be > putting on the instrument for whoever might buy it. He's very conscientious. > > > I'll forward all the information you all so graciously provided and we'll > go from there. I may suggest that he have me tune the piano so I can examine > it and also try some of your suggestions to see if it'll help. With all the > pretty heavy players I've tuned for at the University of Houston, I can give > a pretty stable tuning, so at least that part of the equation might be > eliminated. <grin> > > Thanks again for all the help. > > Avery Todd, RPT > University of Houston, ret. > Houston, TX > > Hi Avery, I tune & service 2 Boston grands regularly, one is a GP-178 in a home the other is a GP-218(discontinued model) in a church Both are fitted with full Dampp-Chaser systems and the church piano also has a full drop cover obtained from Jansen Piano Accesories. The church is a newer all cement and brick building and seats perhaps 4 to 500. I have not had any problems such as you describe on either, the 178 is coming up on 10 years old and the 218 is about 4. I do use heavy test blows to set my tunings. The Bostons render quite well using this practice. Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090422/bcd15e4f/attachment-0001.html>
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