<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I just tuned a Yamaha S6 for a concert = recently.  What a piano!   I perceived this as a cross between a Steinway and Boesendorfer.  The clarity of the Boesendorfer and the sustain of a = Steinway.  What was even more impressive was the bass.  = Probably the musically sounding bass anyone could have asked for.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The piano was used for a piano concerto with = orchestra ( big romantic piece) and the dynamic range was to die for.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>So for you Yamaha doubters out there, Yamaha can = play with the big boys when they want to.  I think I was told the price tag = was in the 60K range.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Pianocraft of the Treasure Coast</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:tunenbww@clear.lakes.com" title=tunenbww@clear.lakes.com>Paul</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 03, 2001 = 9:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha S6</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tuned a Yamaha S6 today. I've never = seen one before and was impressed with its clarity especially in the upper = octaves. The bicord section seemed a bit thin, and left me as well as the owner = wanting more to balance this section with the rest of the piano. Is this just = a voicing situation with this model or do they tend to be a little thin = in this section? Not knowing the model, I hesitated to do any more than tune. = The client is well pleased with the instrument, but he brought this area = to my attention and I agreed with his evaluation of the tone. Any one out = there work on these?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul = Chick</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>