<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tune eight new (about one year old) = Yamaha C3s every other week. I also service a dozen C3s that are a few years old = every other week - plus a number of additional odd C3s once or so a year. I = also run across an older C3 every now and then - like maybe something from the 1970s.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The older Yamahas have a dark wood = bridge cap on the high treble - boxwood I presume. The clarity of the high treble = section in ALL the new Yamahas is terrible. Most every string sounds like a trash = can lid being whacked with a shovel. There is simply no tuning to be done up = there. Some strings are even dead - I can see that the hammer should be hitting it, = but the darn thing sounds like the trunk of an oak tree being hit with the = hammer. Most of the older Yamys with the boxwood caps have fairly clear trebles = for their age.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the deal with the high treble = on these Yamys? Is this what Yamaha is settling for? Sure seems that way. They = sound like crap. Absolutely nothing anything like a clear singing note - zip - nadda.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone else notice this? I don't = service all that many new pianos, so maybe this is par for the course. I know my Boston = high treble is pretty darn clear - at least 48,000 times better than these = new Yamahas. What's the deal?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>