[pianotech] How to tune a Winter Spinet

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Mon Dec 21 22:17:09 MST 2009


Scott Jackson wrote:
> Joe,
> GA models are gone now too! And there was a GP1 along the way as well. 
> What are GB and GC initials going to stand for?

Going Cosmic. If you put on the robe and sandals, and rose 
colored welders' goggles, and drink the magic tea, you can 
hear it. They're actually considerably less bad than the GA, 
and somewhat less bad than the GH, while still being 
 
                                                      bad 
compared to pretty much anything making an honest attempt at 
being an actual instrument. Still, it's a comparative 
revelation! Sort of.


> Do you still have the specs for your replacement strings? I'm thinking 
> that even if Yamaha never used your idea, it could be useful for us to 
> implement as either a fix for just those notes, or as part of a complete 
> re-stringing.

Not a fix, exactly. A patch.
Ron N


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