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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Speaking of "bad pianos", I heard that =
Young Chang
had some problem uprights in the 1980's that were poorly made. Has =
anyone heard
this and know the model numbers of the problem Young Chang piano's?
Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doug Renz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate PTG</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rochester, NY</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(585)227-5793</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:pianotuner@frontiernet.net">pianotuner@frontiernet.net</A>=
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 17, 2004 =
9:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> "Nightmeyer"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="12" BACK="#ffffff">List, <BR><BR>Don't get me wrong. =
I tune some
Chinese pianos--Pearl Rivers in particular--that are among the most =
stable
pianos I work on. I tuned one yesterday, for example, that had =
barely
budged in a year. <BR><BR>On the other hand, there are Niemeyer =
pianos.
I have found nothing about them that I like. I was =
supposed to
tune one yesterday, but I spent my entire appointment time trying to =
get
several keys unstuck. It wasn't tight key bushings, balance rail =
hole,
center pins, or negative lost motion. <BR><BR>What it ended up =
being--I
hope and pray that it's "ended up"--was misshapen jacks digging into =
overly
soft hammer-butt material of some sort and just wedging themselves up =
there.
I sanded off the sharp edge of the jack that seemed to be =
catching, and
it worked. I also think that the action geometry on these pianos =
is
really bad. <BR><BR>I do not wish these pianos on any of you. =
Anyone out
there have experience with these objects? I swear that this =
thing made
really appreciate the Pearl River I worked on later in the day. =
<BR><BR>Like
many people, he bought the piano because, from the outside, it looked =
just
about as good as any of the other shiny black pianos in the store, and =
he
couldn't be convinced that it wasn't. I think I managed to talk =
him into
exercising his "trade-up" option. <BR><BR>We pay for our ignorance in =
the end,
don't we? And we pay for other people's as well. <BR><BR>Dave =
Stahl
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