<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I had the rare occasion to step into my ex's house last night as I was picking up my son.  She has a Schiedmayer 180 that seldom gets played.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I reported on this piano a couple of years ago, after it had rested in = it's current location for a couple of years.  At that time, after a move of = 150 miles from a dry climate to a more humid one, it had held pitch and tune remarkably well, despite not having been tuned for two years or so.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Two years later, same thing.  All the As from 2 to 5 are within 2 cents of correct pitch.  6 and 7 are slightly sharp, 0 and 1 slightly flat.  The tuning--well, it isn't horrible.  The unisons are holdi= ng surprisingly well, in fact.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Last time I posted on this, Ron O. commented that the stabili= ty was due in large part to the logarithmic bridge.  Being clueless i= n this department, I'm curious how this would make a difference.  </= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I didn't have time or nerve to delve into parts removal, but I was wondering whether the pinblocks are configured differently than Kawai grands= . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave S.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>