<!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> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Hi Paul</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I haven't' seen or heard this piano but I ca= n guess at its' limited potential but never the less, enjoyed the logical  way you considered all things pertinent to your clients needs = , acted accordingly & presented him with a much improved version of a basically low line Yamaha. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    Your end results was a happy client w= ho is now creating a more musical outcome than he would if just a hit & run tu= ning had been done & more folks were able to particiapate in the actual production & enjoyment  of real music. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  That's what this list aspires to promote</FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Good stuff</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>I feel moved to speak up for the Yamaha GA-1. Been tuning one for a <BR>young (32= ) pianist - no room, etc. but it's what he has at this time, <BR>for about 5= years now. I've seen it for a couple years; only eased the <BR>keys and di= d gross accupuncture on the hammers, oh yeah, there was some <BR>reshaping and<BR>string voicing, but pretty much rough-and-ready approach, to save t= ime <BR>and money.<BR><BR>So, he is very pleased I've made it into some kind o= f musical <BR>instrument.  In fact, he invited a few friends over for a= n afternoon <BR>concert (the friends turned out to be some other pianists, a= recording <BR>studio owner and an opera singer). What can I say? This arti= st found <BR>tone and touch to serve his requirements in performing for his <BR>colleagues. The recording studio guy said my tuning was perfect and <BR>very stable, and very musical. Much was said regarding the beauty and <BR>content that was revealed.<BR><BR>Stability? Of course it has standard= tuning problems for that size and <BR>design, could no doubt be improved b= y changing a few strings near the <BR>break, etc. but as I tuned it I found = the tuning of a month earlier was <BR>still playable and out of tune only as m= uch as the weather should have <BR>accounted for. What more can you ask of suc= h an instrument?<BR><BR>In short, nobody involved takes it for other than what = it is; but it is <BR>still worthy of serious music making by and for serious musicians who <BR>love music.<BR><BR>the Bass? Of course it's compromised,= a lot! But the bass did have <BR>harmonic content that did integrate with th= e treble so that additional <BR>harmonic voices spoke. OF COURSE it doesn't sound like a C7, but <BR>honestly, a Steinway L's bass adds some 'singing'= that's really <BR>necessary compromise, compared to a D. There can be a bi= t of changing <BR>gears about what one recognizes in what one hears; and it's n= ot <BR>altogether different with the<BR>ever so modest GA-1.<BR><BR>Of course= a great tuning helps, invites ever so much more singing, but <BR>that's not = the topic of the moment.<BR><BR>And of course the pianist will be thrilled to = have a larger, better <BR>instrument, but it's not so deadly obvious this GA-1 = has to be <BR>discarded as worthless<BR>because it's just not musical.<BR><BR>-Paul Bailey (who probably would have advised looking at a= very small <BR>Kawai if I'd been consulted)</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>