Hi Jeannie, A lot of these little pianos had nylon or plastic flanges which made the regulation a little weird. These flanges would be too thight or the pins would walk out. If the customer has a new replacement policy, I would think a Yamaha P-22 would be about equivalent to the Heintzman. Equivalent for the tone, but with a better action. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Jeannie Grassi Sent: 2002-mars-14 22:01 To: Pianotech Subject: Replacement for Heintzman console Hello, List, I need some help with an insurance claim. The piano (or what's left of it) is a 1974 Heintzman 42-in. console. I've seen some beautiful older Heintzmans, but this looks to be of the quality that some of our American counterparts during that time period, i.e., inferior to anything that preceded it under that same name. It may be salvageable, but my client needs to know what would be an equivalent piano for replacement purposes. This piano is not playable at present, so I have no way of judging the quality of sound, scaling or action response. I haven't seen enough of this make to give an educated guess.... I only know of it's past reputation with older instruments. Can anyone, especially you Canadians, help me come up with a suitable replacement instrument? Thanks so much, jeannie Jeannie Grassi, RPT Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net
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