> It also has rather advanced "killer octave, money octave, Steinway > tonal deficit disorder..." you choose your preferred term, at six > years of age now. It was excessively weak in the treble, something > that the professor doing the selection believes he was told would be > addressed prior to delivery. Ahhhhh yes, the obvious voicing task. Absolutely - we'll voice the rest of the piano to match that little "unique" area of the piano. No problem. I'm sorry Andrew, but this is sooooooo classic. I'd better quit before I get myself in trouble...... Terry Farrell On Feb 28, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote: > This Steinway came with a significantly greater distance between the > keybed and the pinblock plate and strings then is customary. No > attempt was made at the factory to rectify this and as a result the > regulation is quite compromised to the detriment of the pianist. > > It also has rather advanced "killer octave, money octave, Steinway > tonal deficit disorder..." you choose your preferred term, at six > years of age now. It was excessively weak in the treble, something > that the professor doing the selection believes he was told would be > addressed prior to delivery. > > Andrew Anderson > > On Feb 26, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Terry Farrell wrote: > >> What was the original warranty claim for - what ailment - what did >> the dealer try to fix? By the piano not playing like it should, >> you are speaking of the long blow dist. and the resultant excessive >> key dip? Or is there more? >> >> This is on a new piano? Yikes! >> >> Terry Farrell >> >> >> On Feb 26, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote: >> >>> The school whose Steinways I service is not satisfied with the >>> dealer's warranty fix (greater then 2" blow distance). They are >>> requesting that the piano be made to play like it should which >>> will require shimming the stack so it is within reach of the >>> strings (>1/4" between fully backed out drop-screws and pinblock). >>> >>> Has anyone done this? What was the scope of work required? What >>> is a reasonable amount of time to complete the work? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Andrew Anderson >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100228/75172c26/attachment.htm>
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