Samick is crap?

[Tom Sivak]

At a local college where I am the technician, we have
about 5 Yamaha P22's, and 4 or 5 Samick SU121A's.  
These pianos endure horrible environmental shifts,
from radiator-generated heat in the winter (extremely
low humidity), to open windows and high humidity (the
college is about two blocks from Lake Michigan) in the
spring and summer months.

Surprisingly, I find that the Samicks hold their tune
far better than the Yamahas in these extreme
conditions.   I do find, however, that there are more
technical problems with the Samicks, such as loose
flange pins, or broken strings.  This may be partly
due to the fact that they are a bit older than the
Yamahas.

Just an observation,

Tom Sivak


 
--- pianolover 88 <pianolover88 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Same with Steinway in many cases.
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> Terry Peterson
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> From: eve_ane at hotmail.co.uk
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: RE: Samick is crap?
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 01:06:45 +0100
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> Really? Ones I've played on before seemed to be well
> serviced, but something was missing.. I played organ
> and Bryn Athyn Cathedral before and as I was told
> once by John Binsfeld, that organ is a fine
> instrument, but it simply has no soul. So far with
> Samick my oppinion is same, perhaps they are well
> made, and maybe are crap outa the box, but even with
> excelent prep work still missing the "soul"...
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> Alicia
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> From: deanmay at pianorebuilders.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: RE: Samick is crap?
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:03:55 -0400
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> Samick is often crap out of the box, but like many
> Asian pianos can be turned into a fairly decent
> piano with some excellent prep work. The basics are
> there for a nice instrument. It’s up to you to coax
> it out! J
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> Dean
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 
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> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of A E
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:03 PM
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> Subject: RE: HORUGEL PIANOS
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> Samick is crap...I was playing on one today at a
> local shop... yuk!
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> Alicia 
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