As a former piano dealer, Al, I can tell you exactly why that is: Its not just the dealer, but the customer is stupid and eagerly wants the perception of buying a good piano for the least money. I was trying to get a church to get a nice 61 Young Chang Pramberger. Lost the sale to my competitor who sold them a DH Baldwin (made by Samick), smaller piano, for more money. The elder at the church said they wanted to get a better quality piano so they went with the Baldwin. Dean Dean W May (812) 235-5272 voice and text PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY Terre Haute IN 47802 Give us a LIKE on Facebook! Go to <https://www.facebook.com/pages/PianoRebuilderscom/137780082943148> PianoRebuilders.com _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 1:48 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Yamaha GA1 Barely 10 years old Has Loose TuningPins- 2nd owner Mark, I know you were joking, but my point was, the GA1 is just to small a piano to fill a large church and much to reactive to temperature and humidity changes. You know how churches maintain their environment. It's not a good piano for anyone, but does a lot worse in a church environment. There are to many dealers who have no interested in helping a customer select the proper piano for their needs. It's just about the sale. Unfortunately, they became a customer after they purchased the piano. I wasn't there to help them make a proper selection and they are paying for that better piano with more frequent tunings. Al - High Point, NC On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Mark Dierauf wrote: So the Church should get special treatment but it's ok for their non-clerical brethren to get the shaft? (<g> couldn't resist!) - Mark On 2:59 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: Mike, I haven't had loose tuning pin issues on the GA1, but I can tell you it has the worst scale and tuning issues I have ever comes across. I tune quite a few of them, but there is one tune for a Church (I can't believe a dealer would sell this piano to a church), that gets tuned every 3 months. The tenor break is always at least ±15 cents. On the other hand, the Kawai GM-2 (small, inexpensive piano), is one of the most stable pianos that I tune. Go figure. Al - High Point, NC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111223/2262f88e/attachment.htm>
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