Falcone Pianos

[Avery Todd]

Thanks for all who responded. They don't "seem" to be too bad, actually, 
considering the price. My biggest problems with them is that I've had to 
ease the keys front, center, and/or balance holes on every one of them! It 
makes the action remarkably lighter feeling. (I wonder why?) I also wonder 
if they lead the keys with all that friction there? This last one, I had to 
straighten the front rail pins as they had ALL been turned, as in worn key 
bushing type of turning! Why?

The second biggest problem is that I've had to spend a LOT of time fitting 
the hammers to the strings. It's terrible, especially in the middle range!

Other than that, it's just the usual. Too much dip, too much let-off, too 
much drop, etc., etc.!

I was just wondering if others had had the same kind of problems. My dealer 
doesn't want any more of them. The Pearl River instruments come in much 
better! Thanks.

Avery

At 07:45 AM 4/12/04, you wrote:
>Last week I spoke to someone who had recently been invited to visit the 
>factory, in the hope that he'd be interested in working as a consultant to 
>help improve the product. After several days there, his conclusion was the 
>construction methods & final product were far too appalling for him to 
>allow himself to be associated with.
>Patrick
>On Apr 11, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Avery Todd wrote:
>
>>List,
>>
>>I've just recently had to prep a few Falcone pianos and am wondering
>>about other people's experiences with them. The new ones, from a
>>company in China, I believe.
>>
>>Avery
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