[pianotech] Yamaha GA1

[paul bruesch]

Your Mileage May Vary

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:09 AM, <johnparham at piano88.com> wrote:

> 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,
> >
> > 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?
> > >
> > > Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician
> > > Marshall's Piano Service
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> > > 215-510-9400
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> > > Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind
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> > > Vancouver, WA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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