Kimball LaPetit..

[Billbrpt@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-02-06 06:52:19 EST, you write:

<< .how would you describe the action in this piano?..it is *Grand*, but
 it's not *conventional*..inquiring rookie minds want to know..>>
  
   It's horizontal and very basic.  That's one thing to remember with it,
basic.  You're wasting your time trying to get very fine adjestments of
anything: let-off, drop, repetition spring, hammerline, even key level & dip.
Of course,  there is a certain standard but generally with a more expensive
instrument, you have to start with a rough regulation and refine it at least
two or three times before you might be satisfied but not with this one.  

   But this is the very reason you can take this instrument with ease and
confidence.  You'll be able to do a satisfactory job with the most basic of
skills.  Novice technicians should look to Kimballs as an instrument they can
gain valuable experience on with a low level of risk.

   The design of the action you are talking about is unique to Kimball but it
is analogous to any other grand action, just a little more crude and
simplfied.  It does seem to reflect the attitude some have taken about it, "A
Kimball is a Kimball is a Kimball."   (But tell them to call me if you don't
want to work on it.  My bank account won't know it's not a Steinway).

   Bill Bremmer RPT
    Madison, Wisconsin