Ron, I service one of those every six months at a local church. It was perhaps the wimpiest studio I've encountered -- very weak, mushy tone. I used acetone and keytops on the hammers a couple of years ago now. I also sanded the hammers really smooth with several grades of paper, ending with 600 grit. It made a big improvement. Otherwise the overall quality seems excellent. Ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ray T. Bentley, RPT Registered Piano Tuner-Technician Alton, IL ray@bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Koval Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:28 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Boston 118s Hi all, Any one have any experience with the Boston upright 118s? It's probably a little late now, but I've got one in a high school choir room that gets a ton of use. They just got it last summer and are really unhappy about the lack of power. They aren't really happy with the tuning instability, and loose clicking parts, but it's pretty dry now, and it IS a new piano. I'll be seeing it Thursday, the dealer tech was out last week, and I'm supposed to talk with the dealer after I've been there. It's been played in, and voiced a few times by the dealer tech. The player told me the voicing helped a little, for about a week. They say it plays like it has a cold - just no tone at all. They think it might be fine for a living room, but just doesn't seem to cut it for institutional use. So.... any hints what to try? I should get a chance to talk with the dealer tech tonite. And... Any clue how these hold up to heavy use? Their tall Kawai did great, for about 20+ years. This year, the district was buying Bostons. Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________ Check out the great features of the new MSN 9 Dial-up, with the MSN Dial-up Accelerator. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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