<!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 5.00.2614.3401" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#008000 size=3>One more thought.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#008000>Probably the main selling feature used by = manufacturers and sales staff to sell the digital piano is that "it never needs tuning".  Boy, that irks me!  The pitch of those instruments = wasn't necessarily 440 when they came out of the factory and the pitch will = drift with the aging of the R/C components of the master clock.  I service = electronic music equipment in addition to pianos and very few electronic = instruments I see are standing at 440 when I see them.  If you're tuning a piano to = be played with any electronic instrument - CHECK IT.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#008000>I play serveral digital and analog electronic = instruments in my band(s) and they make plenty of great sounds - none of = which replecate the original well, they just imitate the original.  One = of them is on my work bench now - waiting for parts I haven't been able to = locate.  It is 14 years old and finding the parts means quizzing my friends on = the MITA list to see if any of them has one in their inventory - the factory = can't/won't help.  My 1953 Baldwin M grand sounds great and parts are readily = and easily obtained.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#008000>Manufacturers are starting to dispose of all = parts not used on instruments younger than 10 years.  They are "trashing" = them instead of selling them to 3rd party vendors to supply the repair industry.  In-other-words,  if the part isn't used in a TV or = VCR it won't be available.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#008000>Parts for organs are readily available = because the manufacturers sold the old inventory to 3rd party suppliers who in turn = provide them for the organ technicians.  I can get almost any part for the = oldest organs made.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#008000>Del Gittinger, RPT<BR>Del's Music Studio, = Marion, OH<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Electronic Instrument repairs = including organs<BR><A href="mailto:delgit@acc-net.com">delgit@acc-net.com</A></FONT></DIV></B= ODY></HTML>