<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the measurements Ron... I'll = keep this post if you don't mind...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=RNossaman@cox.net href="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">Ron = Nossaman</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 04, = 2004 4:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: ga-1</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>>Kevin,<BR>><BR>>I was surprised and = disappointed that they built the GH-1, also!<BR>><BR>>Avery<BR>><BR>>At = 07:30 AM 2/4/04, you wrote:<BR>>>Yes, the GA-1E is Yamaha's new little = price-point piano.  This is the one <BR>>>that has plain = wire going all the way down to B2, which in a piano that <BR>>>size gives = you some real problems tuning. B2 and the next few notes sound <BR>>>like = rubber bands, and it's frankly hard to find a good place to put = <BR>>>those notes. For that reason I usually recommend a Kawai grand if they're <BR>>>looking for a piano that small. I'm surprised Yamaha = designed and built <BR>>>this piano, it's not like them.<BR>>>Kevin.<BR><BR>After tuning a C1 for a dealer this = morning, I looked over a GA1 in the <BR>showroom. Where the GH1B had a B-2 = speaking length of 977mm at 21% break, <BR>the GA1 has a B-2 speaking length of = 915mm at 18% break - #20 wire on both. <BR>The C1 has a B-2 speaking length = of 965mm, and three wrapped bichords in <BR>the low tenor. It sounds much = better down there than either the GH1B, or <BR>GA1, but still not that good.<BR><BR>Length measurements are approximate.<BR><BR>I have no = idea why any company would want their name on a piano that sounds <BR>as bad as = either of those G series things. With the bass/tenor break at <BR>around F-3, = both pianos would be much more tolerable.<BR><BR>Ron N<BR> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>