Yamaha GH-1

[Alan McCoy]

Thanks Ed. I won't be restringing this piano just yet, but I am interested
in rescaling the tenor at least, which is more in the ballpark of what the
dept has in the budget for this piano. You've piqued my curiosity now about
the nature of the scale problem. From a tuning standpoint alone, I know
there is a problem, but mapping it out with Pscale and measuring it sounds
interesting, and perhaps the best way to a new wheel. I appreciate your
prodding.

Thanks Tom for the address of arledge strings.

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> ed440@mindspring.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 8:47 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: RE: Yamaha GH-1
>
>
> Alan-
>
> If you really want the best wheel, you probably do have to invent
> it yourself.  Manufacturers design to meet price points, which
> is, well, a different kind of wheel.  I wonder why Brian isn't
> with Yamaha any longer.
>
> If you measure the scale on the GH-1, and enter it into your
> scaling program, you will get a very clear picture of the problem.
>
> I think the address for Wapin is www.wapin.com.
> My opinion is that Wapin would be worth doing if you were
> planning a full restringing of the piano. Not everyone agrees
> with this opinion.  Since I'm on vacation, that's enough said!
>
> Let us know what you do and how it turns out.
>
> Ed S.
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Alan McCoy <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
> Sent: 05/16/03 04:55 PM
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Subject: RE: Yamaha GH-1
>
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who responded. First call I made was to Bill
> Brandom at
> Yamaha. They don't have a ready-made scale fix for this piano. He said the
> various things they tried "didn't work." I have Pscale and I might end up
> doing the rescaling myself, I was hoping to avoid reinventing the wheel
> tho.
> I'll contact Brian de Tar first though as he was mentioned by several of
> you. I'll keep you posted on this if I get a good solution.
>
> Alan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> > Fred Sturm
> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 6:49 AM
> > To: College and University Technicians
> > Subject: Re: Yamaha GH-1
> >
> >
> > Brian DeTar wrote about that on Pianotech a few years back. And
> > also talked
> > about it during a one day seminar he did for us here in New Mexico
> around
> > the same time. Said he talked to the Yamaha folks about it, and
> > they wanted
> > the GH-1 to sound bad as a selling up point for the G series. A couple
> > G-1's I service, rather old, have a pretty nice scale.  They were
> > predecessors to GH-1's. Anyway, Brian probably has spec's already worked
> > out for those bass strings in the tenor.
> > Regards,
> > Fred Sturm
> > University of New Mexico
> >
> > --On Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:08 PM -0700 Alan McCoy
> > <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > We have a GH-1 here that I would like to modify, or at least explore
> the
> > > possibility of changing the low tenor string scale in an attempt to
> get
> > > some decent tone and be capable of being tuned.
> > >
> > > Don't laugh. I'm trying to be serious here.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any experience with this problem and possible solutions.
> > >
> > > Other than a catapult, that is.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > ____________________________________________
> > > Alan McCoy, RPT
> > > Eastern Washington University
> > > 509-359-7017
> > > amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
> > >
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