----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:55 PM Subject: Re: Betsy Ross Spinet > > > > Of course, there's always the claim, "Our piano sounds different than > > the piano teacher's piano!" I laugh at that now, not only because I'm > > a tech and know there can be lots of reasons for the difference in > > sound, but also because we're the ones with the Steinway grand and the > > teacher has the Yamaha console........(sort of reminds me of coming > > off of maternity leave and practicing tuning my Steinway to get ready > > to go out and tune a Kimball spinet.) > > I think, Barbara, comparing a Yamaha console as a home practice piano, > to an instructors high quality grand visa vi a decent quality any kind > of a piano at the instructors house to a most often klinkety klackity > spinet that hasnt seen any real service for 30 years... is rather... > er... artificial :) Sorry, Ric......I wasn't talking about pianos that weren't serviced, just pianos that sound different from one another--for whatever reason! ;-) Barbara Richmond Little Red School House Graduate
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