PERFECT ! ! Very interested where folks are from. We are spread out all over
the world, aren't we ?? I often wonder if others are curious about peoples
whereabouts. Had occasion to spend a couple of hours with a family acquaintance
from Texas last evening, here for Christmas . He was very pleased to be here when
he saw the weather going on at home, and not much snow here. Usually , it's the other
way around. Afterall , " this " is winter country, not Texas. Snow in El Paso ?????
Cheers.
Carl / Winnipeg, Canada.
----- Original Message -----
From: Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] How to tune a Winter Spinet
OK, Carl, on onboard
Al -
High Point, NC
From: Carl Teplitski
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 1:49 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] How to tune a Winter Spinet
Merry Christmas to all .
Odd thing you mention, about the artist using a poor piano to write, and arrange on,
whilst he had a much better piano elsewhere in his possesion. I had a friend who
did exactly the same. He had a Gulbranson beauty in his teaching room in the
basement, and a quality Kawai, approx. 6' grand in his living room, where his daughter
practised and played. Also, the Gulbranson was previously owned
by a symphony musician, who didn't actually play piano in the symphony, but ; brass.
? ? ? ? ? ???????
Is there a reason why " most " people don't mention where they are from? ? Very few do.
Local address isn't necessary, but a state or province would be nice.
Carl / Winnipeg.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Musselwhite
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] How to tune a Winter Spinet
At 06:29 PM 19/12/2009, Joe wrote:
Winter Spinets are lovely compared to the crap I've had to attempt to tune this week!!! The first one was a Yammie GA-1. IMHO, the GA stands for Gawd Awful!! It is worse than the olde GH-1's, (which stood for Grand Horrible One). They still don't have the scaling worked out in regards to Short Infantile types! (Even after I worked out a better solution 20+ years ago...which they paid for and totally disregarded! And that was when I knew pretty much Zilch about Scales!)<G>
But Joe, if they scaled it right people wouldn't buy the higher end baby grands like the C1 or even the GC-1. Not that sales people usually tell the customers that. Both of those are quite acceptable for small pianos.
Then, today, A lovely Melodigrand Spinet, 64 notes. I'll have to say that was better then the Yammie. At least I didn't have to chase the sucker all over the tuning map!
Hey... I own one of those! Or at least, the Canadian equivalent called a "Cameo". Same piano but mine's held together with Robertson screws. It's a funky little piano that's great for experimenting with alternative temperaments and it doesn't take up much room. Mine also has two PZM mics in it so I can record the "lovely" sounds for my demos.
I look after one that belongs to a country artist with hundreds of certified hits under his belt, all written on his little Melodigrand rather than the Steinway O in his living room.
Another one I tune has been "converted" into a writing desk. By dropping down the custom-made music rack it opens into a desk with small drawers and pigeon holes. Close the desk and it's a piano... of sorts. I have pictures somewhere.
Have a Cool Yule Fool
Groovy... and ditto!
John
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