11/29/07, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote on pianotech: cross-posting to CAUT > Folks, > I just ordered 2 new Yamaha P22s for the school. The folks at the store > assure me that the quality of the Chinese assembled units is on a par > with the Georgian ones. > > Any comments, yeah or nay? I got the following responses: > Last spring our chapter got to examine a Thomaston P22 and a Chinese P22 side-by-sided at the local Yamaha dealer. Very little difference between the two, and nothing I would call a "quality" difference. I didn't like the Chinese regulation, but they did it consistently to all 88 notes. It will be interesting to see what 10 years in a midwest college practice room does to yours.... > > Mike -- >The few we have received were better than the Georgia models. No jumpy/snappy pins. A lot less false in the treble. 2 pianos is hardly a good sample, but first indications are good. > > Regards Roger I now have received them and am in the process of getting them ready for use (tuning and Dampp-Chaser installation). I find that they are NOT Dampp-Chaser friendly. You CANNOT push the dehumidifier rod holding (push)-pins into the side of the case. You cannot HAMMER the pins into the case. (Bending or breaking the pins are the only possible results with those methods.) You must pre-drill the holes. (I happened to have a #57 bit which seemed to work OK) Why? Because the core of the panels is no longer wood. It is a small amount of fiber holding a large amount of glue together. (Did Yamaha buy Kimball methods?) OK, OK, so they've gone to a heavier piano and I've dealt with it, but after I'd finished the install (I thought) and went to put the lower panel back on, I found that there is not enough clearance for the fill tube between the panel and the bottom of the keybed. Some carving of the underside of the keybed will be necessary to give it room. Happy Monday... ;-{ -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
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