Rolland: The US Marine Band bought a Steinway D (sight unseen) in 1968. It not only had felt knuckles and was impossible to regulate, the board had negative crown. The problem was solved by having the piano sent to Willis and Dave Snyder, who did a fabulous job of remanufacturing that piano. I still think it's one of the best pianos I've ever worked on. Marvin Hamlisch did a lot of his rehearsing at Marine Barracks for his White House performances, and it was a real struggle to keep him from asking the president to have that piano moved down the street whenever they wanted it!!! Anything short of parts replacement and serious attention to the action geometry will probably not give good results. (Ka-ching! My two cents is up.) Colette Collier, RPT
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