I didn't say I loved Steinway uprights. In fact, on this four day week-ends, I am tuning the pianos at NAU. I asked if they had any Steinway uprights, and when they said they didn't, I breathed a sigh of relief! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 7:09 AM Subject: Re: Jasper American Piano > Hi Folks, > > Why should we bash the instruments that give us our livelyhood. Any piano > can be improved. I have never come across a piano I consider perfect > (though I have seen some that were magnificent). > > Steam voicing on a Kimball will dramatically improve things with little > effort. And you can even charge money for it. Where exactly is the problem? > We are hired to do a service. We do the best we can given the limitations > of the instrument. > > If the piano swings in pitch there are only two possible problems. The > piano has a "structural" problem (rarely). Or the environment is not > suitable. Don't whine about it. Sell them a humidity control system, with a > back cover for uprights. > > As for Kimball going to a lot of trouble to make a "lousey" > instrument--well Steinway has the 1098 and their 40" piano is not my > particular cup of tea either. > > At 05:58 AM 11/22/2000 -0800, you wrote: > >Yeah, Terry, you got it......it's a Kimball. I had one customer with one of > >these, and she had me tune it regularly. It would swing all over the place > >with every change of weather, > <snip> > This is one reason I wasn't sorry to > >hear the Kimball was going out of business. As my mentor Gene Rudder said > >once, "They went to a lot of trouble to make a lousy piano." > > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > > drose@dlcwest.com > http://donrose.xoasis.com/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >
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