<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:ns0="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> As a former piano dealer, Al, I can tell you exactly why that is: It’s not just the dealer, but the customer is stupid and eagerly wants the perception of buying a good piano for the least money. I was trying to get a church to get a nice 6’1 Young Chang Pramberger. Lost the sale to my competitor who sold them a DH Baldwin (made by Samick), smaller piano, for more money. The elder at the church said they wanted to get a better quality piano so they went with the “<st1:place w:st="on">Baldwin</st1:place>.” <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> Dean W May (812) 235-5272 voice and text<o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY         <o:p></o:p> <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U2:CITY u1:st="on"><ns0:City w:insAuthor="Dean May" w:insDate="2011-12-23T14:31:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean May" w:endInsDate="2011-12-23T14:31:00Z"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></st1:place></ns0:City></U2:CITY> <ns0:State w:insAuthor="Dean May" w:insDate="2011-12-23T14:31:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean May" w:endInsDate="2011-12-23T14:31:00Z"><U2:STATE u1:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</U2:STATE></st1:State></ns0:State> <ns0:PostalCode w:insAuthor="Dean May" w:insDate="2011-12-23T14:31:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean May" w:endInsDate="2011-12-23T14:31:00Z"><U2:POSTALCODE u1:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</st1:PostalCode>          Give us a LIKE on Facebook! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/PianoRebuilderscom/137780082943148">Go to PianoRebuilders.com</a></U2:POSTALCODE></ns0:PostalCode><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 1:48 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">pianotech@ptg.org</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Yamaha GA1 Barely 10 years old Has Loose TuningPins- 2nd owner<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Mark,<o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> I know you were joking, but my point was, the GA1 is just to small a piano to fill a large church and much to reactive to temperature and humidity changes. You know how churches maintain their environment. It's not a good piano for anyone, but does a lot worse in a church environment. <o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> There are to many dealers who have no interested in helping a customer select the proper piano for their needs. It's just about the sale. Unfortunately, they became a customer after they purchased the piano. I wasn't there to help them make a proper selection and they are paying for that better piano with more frequent tunings.<o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> <div><span style='orphans: 2;text-align:auto;widows: 2;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing: 0px'> <div> Al -<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">High Point</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NC</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Mark Dierauf wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> So the Church should get special treatment but it's ok for their non-clerical brethren to get the shaft? (<g> couldn't resist!) - Mark On 2:59 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: <o:p></o:p> Mike, <o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> I haven't had loose tuning pin issues on the GA1, but I can tell you it has the worst scale and tuning issues I have ever comes across. <o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> I tune quite a few of them, but there is one tune for a Church (I can't believe a dealer would sell this piano to a church), that gets tuned every 3 months. The tenor break is always at least ±15 cents.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> On the other hand, the Kawai GM-2 (small, inexpensive piano), is one of the most stable pianos that I tune. Go figure.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Al -<o:p></o:p> </div> <div apple-content-edited=true> <div> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">High Point</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NC</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>