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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>piannaman@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, <st1:date
Year="2006" Day="13" Month="4" ls="trans" w:st="on">April 13, 2006</st1:date> <st1:time
Minute="36" Hour="23" w:st="on">11:36 PM</st1:time><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Stability &
Favorites Poll</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Okay, I'll bite....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A Yamaha U-3 I tuned after a 2 1/2 year hiatus. I
almost felt guilty for taking the lady's money! Made in the '70s.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>On a regular basis, a Kawai k-25, tuned every six months
for the first couple of years. Right at pitch the last time I tuned it,
most unisons solid. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>It got sold to someone living on the coast. I tuned
it over 6 months after delivery to its new location in an entirely different
climate, and it barely needed me!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> What is the most improved piano in your
territory, stability-wise, and what made the difference?</span></font></b></strong><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A 5 year old Seiler 180 that was almost 100 cents flat
after never having been tuned since delivery. The difference
was made by it actually getting tuned. It held pitch for six months
afterward!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>My piano, a 1919 Mason AA. It has such a sweet
sound, with the Ronsen-Abel hammers, and I know I'll get to play it when I'm
done.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>An old Steinway M that hates me and always does
something to make me late to my next appointment, and a Remington 5' Grand that
is in a palatial living room with nothing but hard surfaces, including a marble
floor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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