Curious - US vs. Jap. built Yamaha verts.

[Barrie Heaton]

I could be wrong on the UK timings it was a wile back since I visited
the plant, I do remember that when the conveyor was moving if you looked
down the shop floor it gave you a kind a motion sickness. As  the
conveyor  snaked down the shop floor to make use of space

Barrie,


In message <001701c20a35$006293c0$2cfa66a6@computer>, Benny L. Tucker
<precisionpiano@alltel.net> writes
>Hi Barrie;
>    Here in the Thomaston plant, the conveyor moves at 10.5 - 11 minute
>intervals. In that time, the tuner in the first booth sets one string of
>each unison with the scope, and does all the unisons aurally for notes 1 -
>56.
>The tuner in the next booth does the same for notes 57 - 88. After the
>pianos move through the tuning booths, it travels down the regulation line,
>and finally to the voicing booth. Usually after voicing, there is enough
>time to do some unison touch up work before the line moves again. Then after
>final case assembly, touch-up, and final inspection, the pianos go into the
>warehouse. The warehouse is where we do final tuning, regulation, touch-up
>and inspection all over again before shipment. This line moves even faster
>at 8.5 minutes per move, but we have 3 tuners on that line, so it all comes
>out about the same.
>
>Benny L. Tucker
>Yamaha Factory Tuner
>Precision Piano Tuning & Repair
>Thomaston, Ga.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Barrie Heaton" <piano@a440.co.uk>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 8:08 AM
>Subject: Re: Curious - US vs. Jap. built Yamaha verts.
>
>
>> In message <004301c209df$7e5a4f80$c0e227a2@computer>, Benny L. Tucker
>> <precisionpiano@alltel.net> writes
>> >. Time constraints limit what can be accomplished as far as quality
>tuning
>> >goes.We do the best we can within the time allowed per piano.
>>
>> Is it 16  mins per section I think that is what it is in the UK  as that
>> is the speed of the conveyer belt it finishes one piano every 16 mins,
>> as I remember  one guy puts the scale and bass in,  then in the next
>> booth one has the treble to do,  further down the line  it gets some
>> more tunings plus a few visits to the plonking machine, which knocks
>> hell out of it.  It then drops of the conveyer belt,  off to despatch
>> if the piano stays in there more than 2 days it gets a complete tuning
>> by one guy. The tension has been on the back for about 6 weeks before
>> the back hits the main conveyer belt.
>>
>>
>>
>> Barrie,
>>
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