<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV><SPAN class=115271401-04012005><FONT face=Arial size=2>The = Schumann was made by Samick.  We got a 48 inch studio for our church fellowship hall about 10-12 years ago.  It serves the = purpose.  I would suspect that Samick may have replacement strings for it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=115271401-04012005><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=115271401-04012005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=115271401-04012005><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=115271401-04012005> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial = size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Registered Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:ray@bentley.net">ray@bentley.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net/">www.ray.bentley.net</A></FONT></DIV>= </SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>Monty<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 03, 2005 4:28 = PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> 'New' = Schumann<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve come across a = couple of uprights, owned locally by the public school district, that are new Schumann’s.  This is the U 822 model, Serial = #HHA01131.  As I’ve gone in to tune, I’ve noticed that both have had bass strings = broken and repaired, roughly in the same area.  One of them is missing an F2 = string.  I’m guessing that these bass strings were broken = in the move, or delivery.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ll order another = to replace it with, but I’m curious if 1) this has been an issue that has come = up before with the Schumann, 2) who now makes this critter, and 3) where are = they manufactured?  By looking at the felts, cabinet, and hammers, my = guess is that it is a fairly recent model, within the past 8-10 years.  </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My primary vocation is = as a music minister in a church, and I’ve only been tuning ‘on the = side’ for about 9 or 10 months, although I’ve played for 30 years.  = </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any advice or insight = would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Monty Nichols</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>