[pianotech] Yamaha GA1

[johnparham at piano88.com]

Mike,

"YMMV, but for sure that piano
would sound better, longer, with a DC."

For my own edification, what does YMMV mean?

-John Parham 

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Yamaha GA1
> From: Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at frontier.com>
> Date: Fri, January 14, 2011 10:00 am
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> 
> 
> Marshall,
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> My experience with DamppChasers is that they reduce the effects of 
> humidity events, but they don't completely eliminate them.  So when the 
> humidity goes up in the spring, pianos with DamppChasers will go sharp 
> in the tenor and killer 8va, but not as far as a piano without the DC 
> system.  Decently scaled medium-size grands in my care (S&S M, L, O, 
> Knabe 5'3", Yamaha C7) typically will float 2 to 5 cents.  So the  
> question is really "how far", not "how long".  How long the tuning stays 
> put depends on how far the piano floats, and how sensitive the owner is 
> to that amount of pitch difference.  Some of my DC-equipped grand owners 
> tune annually and think it's just fine, others tune quarterly and would 
> go more often if the budget would allow.  YMMV, but for sure that piano 
> would sound better, longer,  with a DC.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 1/14/2011 8:09 AM, Marshall Gisondi wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> > I also tune a Yamaha GA1 for a church, and I put them on a 3 month 
> > schedule just to keep it sounding reasonable.  I'm told that my 
> > tunings stay longer than the last tech they had.   Sometime last year 
> > I had to replace a damper that one of the kids either from the school 
> > they have or the youth group bent it. S o I had to get a new one.  I 
> > spoke with someone from Yamaha who said that these were faulty 
> > pianos.  How much longer will a damp chacer allow the tuning to stay put?
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