<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Thanks to all who = have responded to my query. Most of the people who are commenting on this problem are commenting on the GH1, which does have this problem to some extent, = but not quite as badly as the GA1, which is being produced in Indonesia. I have = nothing but the greatest respect for Yamaha, and their products, (I own two) but = I can't understand why that company, which is the most advanced in the world, = could produce a product with such obvious poor planning. The Kawai GE1-AS = blows these things away, and sells for less. I've prepared the Kawais for = professionals who couldn't afford anything more at the moment, and they love them. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The Japanese are = such industrious and intelligent people, that you would think that surely = they would stop and go back to the drawing-board before shipping one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    If I tuned nothing = but Yamaha grands, I could spend out my days in relative happiness. But I just = don't get it with these really small ones that are starting to come out on the market.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    But I'm not working = to please myself. I just don't want a customer to buy one, and then think that = it's a tuning issue, like I should be able to just fix it in three to five = minutes. I'm a "technician"  not a  "magician".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>