<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>We discussed the new Yamahahaha GB-1 a while back. This is the piano that is basically a GA-1 but with 6 bichords north of the break instead of funky, low tension, heavy plain wire trichords.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I said I'd report on the second tuning.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is a much better piano than the GA-1 (I tune both in my travels). For it's size and class, it's a decent enough little grand.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I did NOT find the wild instability in the low tenor that the GA-1 tends to get. In fact, the bass and the tenor bichords held up very well. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm finding pianos sharp the last couple of weeks which, I assume, is because we've had a sloppy wet spring. The middle of the piano was about 10 cents sharp and the lower treble was 4 or 5 cents flate, high treble close to pitch, bass nearly dead-on.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is a second "Yamaha Service Bond" tuning and I first tuned this right-out-of-the-box-new piano three months ago.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is my report. That is all... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We now return you to your regular, hum-drum* lives.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>*Bongos with a kazoo attachment?</DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>