<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that if someone is buying a new = piano they should always but something they are fully satisfied with before they = buy.  You'll save yourself alot of grief that way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob E.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jeremyjbielecki@hotmail.com href="mailto:jeremyjbielecki@hotmail.com">Jeremy Bielecki</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 10, 2005 = 9:23 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Schimmel Voicing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=RTE>I have a customer who is looking into buying a new = Schimmel upright.  He plays both classical and popular music.  He = says that he really likes the overall touch (Renner action) and sound = when he plays Chopin, but that the that the treble and bass ends are a bit = soft sounding for when he plays popular music like Bruce Hornsby.  He = said that it was not quite 'percussive' or loud enough for pop.  His = question to me is if the treble/bass can be voiced a few years down = the road so that there is a better volume and tone balance, = somewhere between what he likes for classical and pop.  </DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>I've been a PTG associate for about 6 months and have = practiced some basic voicing techniques, but am not sure how to answer his question.  My initial thought is that some improvements can = be made, but I'm not sure if there are any peculiarities that I don't know = about.  Any recommendations?  Also, any thoughts in general on the 49" = Schimmel upright he is most strongly considering?  </DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>Thanks for any input!</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>Jeremy Bielecki</DIV> <DIV class=RTE>Associate, Detroit-Windsor Chapter</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>