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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Comments below:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Dave Nereson" <<A
href="mailto:davner@kaosol.net">davner@kaosol.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:21 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: heavy Steinway action</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV> Does anyone call Steinway about these heavy actions?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>I believe it would be a breach of list =
etiquette to
repeat what they have been called.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> What do they say?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>It's "personality".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Or do they deny any accusations of having built anything
"wrong"? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>I have asked and they didn't =
know.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Or is it not "wrong", but just heavy to certain players? =
</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>I service some "performance" Stwys at a local =
recital
hall. They play like Mack trucks and the powers to be won't spend any =
$$. I have
asked a few of the better performers what they thought of how the =
piano
played - of course, expecting a complaint - and they said "Oh yes, =
they do
play a bit heavy, but I'm used to it, I have a Stwy at =
home."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Arrrggggggg!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR> Has Steinway changed capstan alignment or angle or =
knuckle size
recently? </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Every piano is unique!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <BR> If this were a new company just =
starting up, I
could see how there might be action problems to iron out, but if a =
certain size
action is basically the same as the one in front of or behind it on the =
assembly
line, how can there be that much variance?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Very interesting question, isn't =
it?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Hey, the bottom line: "personality" in a =
piano means $$
for you and me! :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <BR> --David Nereson, =
RPT</DIV></BODY></HTML>