Young Chang

[Marcel Carey]

Ralph & List,

I couldn't agree more with you on the subject of twisting tuning pins with
Young Changs. After measuring the pins, I found out that they are probably
#1 metric. I also suspect that their steel might not be tempered enough. Do
some of you think that it could be a possibility?



At 08:36 97-11-12 -0500, you wrote:
>Dave and others
>
>I have been tuning Young Changs for some years now, There's no question
>that their grands are much improved. My only personal peeves are that I
>also find them somewhat difficult to tune in that it is difficult to
>settle the pins. They are normally quite tight and seem to twist more
>than other pins. You have to be extremely careful that you have settled
>on pitch with the entire pin and that it is not the twist that is on
>pitch. 
>
>They really don't seem to stand in tune as well as Yamaha (for instance)
>in the beginning, but after the first year (providing the customer has it
>tuned regularly) they seem to stand fairly well. By the preceeding, I
>mean three tunings.
>
>Their consoles have also improved but I fear their recent venture into
>Chinese manufacture will tend to diminish the reputation for fine quality
>that they have been working so hard to acheive.
>
>They like Yamaha have learned to ship out pianos that are above pitch. I
>remember when you could uncrate a Yamaha and put it on the floor without
>having to tune it in order to sell it. This is no longer the case.
>Incidently, the grapevine has it that Yamaha is also considering some
>Chinese piano manufacture. I don't really know if this is factual. I hope
>it is not.
>
>There are also some problems with Young Chang in humid Florida with
>sluggish centers and keys when new but easily solved with an occasional
>re-pin.
>
>For what it's worth, this has been my experience.
>
>regardRalph Martin
>On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 01:51:00 -0500 (EST) DGPEAKE@aol.com writes:
>>Caleb,
>>
>>About 30 years ago, the Yamaha's were not a good piano, but they are 
>>in
>>excellent quality now.  Young Chang may be of the same path.  
>>
>>I contract w/a dealer that used to sell YC's and my experience that 
>>they are
>>hard to get the tuning to stablelize.  My church has a G213 which I 
>>tune
>>every month, not 
>>because it gets hours and hours of heavy use per week, but because it 
>>will
>>not stay 
>>in tune.
>>
>>10.5K is a good starting price for a new grand of YC's quality. Since 
>>the
>>dealer I contract with is no longer selling the YC's, I am not sure 
>>about the
>>quality of the ones manufactured today. Chances are the newer YC's are 
>>better
>>today than the past.  Comments are welcome.
>>
>>Dave Peake, RPT
>>Portland, OR
>>
>>
>>
>>
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