Comments from 'Down Under'

[Greg Newell]

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David Lawson,
         Welcome to the forum. With your years of experience we look 
forward to many fine posts from you. I can't wait to hear some of your 
experiences. WELCOME!

Greg Newell



At 04:54 PM 2/21/2003, you wrote:

>Hi everyone. I have just logged on to your web site and registered. I am
>a piano tuner of over 47 years from Australia. I trained at a then
>large  music house in Melbourne, Allan Music,  and then at Steinways in
>London.
>I would like to make comment on the Boston discussion. Common sense
>tells me that if I were making a piano with my name on it, and another
>with another company's name upon it, who are competitors, I would ensure
>that MY product was just a little better than the other. Perhaps I am a
>little naive, however I too have tuned Bostons, and of course all the
>Kawai range, and frankly there is just no comparison. Kawai have finesse
>and Boston are brash and brittle.
>Is there anyone out there willing to make comment on the longevity of
>Yamaha grands? It may be our weather here, but we seem to have to re-
>string and re-hammer anything which is ten years or older if it has done
>a bit of work. On the other hand, this does not seem to be the case with
>Kawai.
>I look forward to your comments, and indeed being able to log in with
>you regularly all over there.
>Best wishes, David Lawson.
>
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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net 

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