This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment FWIW - After frequent tunings for years on my Boston GP-178 (Kawai = built) I let the tuning go for 15 months one time. At the end of the 15 = month period, I checked the existing tuning and it still would have = passed the PTG RPT exam. Very, very stable piano. And yes, it does have = a good DC installation. Oh, and BTW, it's for sale! Better than new - $13K. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 I had the rare occasion to step into my ex's house last night as I was = picking up my son. She has a Schiedmayer 180 that seldom gets played. I reported on this piano a couple of years ago, after it had rested in = it's current location for a couple of years. At that time, after a move = of 150 miles from a dry climate to a more humid one, it had held pitch = and tune remarkably well, despite not having been tuned for two years or = so. Two years later, same thing. All the As from 2 to 5 are within 2 = cents of correct pitch. 6 and 7 are slightly sharp, 0 and 1 slightly = flat. The tuning--well, it isn't horrible. The unisons are holding = surprisingly well, in fact. =20 Last time I posted on this, Ron O. commented that the stability was = due in large part to the logarithmic bridge. Being clueless in this = department, I'm curious how this would make a difference. =20 I didn't have time or nerve to delve into parts removal, but I was = wondering whether the pinblocks are configured differently than Kawai = grands.=20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d8/83/c0/36/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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