Yamahas C7 out of the box

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Quentin. 

Thanks for the reply.  Got back from a chat with the dealer this 
evening. He is a Schimmel trained tech, and I had to show him how to do 
keybeding today... go figure.  He called me in because he had decided 
that the keybed glide bolts were turned down too much, so he had 
readjusted them and ended up mucking up my whole regulation. He wanted 
to know how I set those and so I taught him what they showed us at the 
Acadamy. When we were done the regulation was pretty much back to how I 
had left it. It was really quite funny... this fellow goes around the 
area here presenting himself as a piano god almost... and he really 
doesnt have a clue about what he is doing.  All seat of the pants and 
very much sticks to specifications and proceedures he learned at 
Schimmel... but he doesnt understand any of it.  He just follows 
recipies.  Sometimes they dont work for him very well.  Anyways... we 
decided to have another go at a C3 this time, and combine my prep with 
his so we can see if we can end up with a good routine for getting these 
things ready for sale.  But it looks like about 15 hours on each.  We 
unboxed another one this evening... a C6.  Lots of problems here too.

I dunno, maybe they send shit up here to Scandinavia. But it looks like 
Yamaha is slippin to me

Cheers
RicB

Quentin Codevelle wrote:

> Hi Ric,
>  
> I work for a Yamaha dealer too, and I often see yamahas out of the 
> box, and until now, I've never seen such regulation problems on one of 
> their grand pianos.
> There are things to check of course, but I don't remember having spent 
> 15 hours to get the good regulation and voicing on a new yamaha grand 
> piano.
> That's a strange story.
>  
> But maybe people have similar experiences like you had this week end.
>  
> Is it imaginable that one of their pianos has been lost in their final 
> regulation process? Maybe they forgot this serial number and it has 
> been packed without its final inspection.
> But I think Yamaha is too big and serious a factory to forget on of 
> their pianos, right?
>  
> Do you know if this piano has made a stop in Germany (I think there is 
> a yamaha basement, there, right?)
> There are Yamaha HQ in France, so the grand pianos are checked there 
> before being sent in the shops.
> At least it is the case for the S Series.
>  
> Quentin