Robin, I did re-read your post.... and I quote your original email: "No piano tuners I know of refers to any model grand as "a baby"". "No piano tuners" does not equal "rarely". Plus, if you check the other web links, Steinway refers to the S model as a Baby Grand... and yes of course, the web site is for the purchasing public. The same ones who pay us for the tunings etc... But my point is... saying or implying that Piano Technicians never use the term "Baby Grand" is incorrect, and could be viewed by Robert as offensive. Whatever, Whatever... It is indeed nice to have pianists try to learn more about the technical side of a piano. Heck, it's nice to have pianists... otherwise you & I etc wouldn't... ah well, I probably don't need to state the obvious. "The customer is always right." Bill Fritz From: Robin Stevens <pianobee at bigpond.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:42:04 +1030 Bill if you re read my post I said that “tuners” rarely, if ever use the term “baby grand” Your link is to the Yamaha site etc would have been set up by sales people for the non technical public who mostly refer to all grands as “baby” ;-) I own a 1936 Steinway B from a ABC here in Australia, They did a on air story about this Broken Hill grand piano. The presenter spoke about the “baby grand” they used to have. A B Steinway is 6 foot 11 inches!! Far short of less than 4 feet which I would consider to be called baby.;-) Robin Stevens From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of pianofritz50 at aol.com Sent: Sunday, 14 February 2010 11:46 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand No serious person uses the term "Baby Grand"? check out: http://www.kawaius.com/main_links/grands_09/ge20.html and http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail.html?CNTID=1325&CNTYP=PRODUCT&LGFL=Y http://www.steinway.com/steinway/catalogue/models.shtml Kawai & Yamaha & Steinway refer to a "Baby Grand" class of pianos. Maybe some piano tuners don't refer to a classification of "Baby Grands", but certain manufacturers certainly do. Robert: That was a nice "thank you" to those who responded to your question w/ positive suggestions. Hopefully we're all here to learn & share what knowledge we have. Bill Fritz From: Robin Stevens <pianobee at bigpond.com> To: 'Ken & Pat Gerler' <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net>; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:59:07 +1030 I think that Robert gave his non tech status away when he called his piano a "baby grand" No piano tuners I know of refers to any model grand as "a baby" Robin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100214/dd4439af/attachment.htm>
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