Yamaha Played to death

Post by **Barrie Heaton** » 09 Jun 2007, 10:54

Visited a client on Friday who has a V114 made in 2000 he has had the piano form new for the last 5.5 years and has managed to brake 7 bass strings wear the key bushing down to the wood put some nice groves in the hammers

However, when I visited on Friday the bass bridge had come completely away for the soundboard Yamahas tec department said this can happen with hard playing what is more remarkable is this was done by a school boy who has now gone on to uni to do music

The moral is if you intend to practise a lot and hard go for the U series

Barrie,

PianoGuy · Post by **PianoGuy** » 09 Jun 2007, 13:30

Preferably a Japanese U-series. The UK built N-suffix models don't have the stamina either.

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 10 Jun 2007, 08:20

Or learn to play properly....

Post by **Gill the Piano** » 10 Jun 2007, 15:33

Absolutely; what IS it with teenage boys and the need to karate-chop the keyboard?!

Geminoz · Post by **Geminoz** » 12 Jun 2007, 09:52

Being a mere female I can only speculate....but it's probably all that testosterone...

better they hammer a keyboard than people

Tom Tuner · Post by **Tom Tuner** » 12 Jun 2007, 18:39

Beating the tempo with a concrete left hand will break bass strings all over the place regardless of the maker. Gospel music pianists are able to do this regardless of age or gender.

Tom Tuner

Post by **Gill the Piano** » 13 Jun 2007, 16:18

'The Wimbledon Poisoner' by Nigel Williams (excellent novel!) features his daughter playing the piano 'like a gorilla on amphetamines'. Makes me smile every time I put a new bass string in for aforementioned 'concrete left-handers'!

Tom Tuner · Post by **Tom Tuner** » 14 Jun 2007, 14:54

Thank you Gill. I shall look for that one.

Tom Tuner

Tom Tuner · Post by **Tom Tuner** » 02 Jul 2007, 18:44

Gill,

I quite enjoyed The Wimbledon Poisoner. Very Kingsly Amis-ish (which rates highly with me). Two sentences near the end tickled me, "...the level of his incompetence had reached the stage where it was a definate asset. If he went on like this he was going to end up President of the United States." Now we know how GWB got there!

Tom Tuner
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Post by **Gill the Piano** » 03 Jul 2007, 17:17

Glad you liked it; it's always a bit of a responsibility recommending a book, isn't it? Now try 'Good Omens' by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman!

Tom Tuner · Post by **Tom Tuner** » 05 Jul 2007, 19:03

Thanks for the tip, but it happens that I've read all the 'Diskworld' volumes I can find. The latest was one of the best.
Was there only one edition of David Wainwright's
Broadwood? Amazon.com lists a copy for about US$400 (or more)

Tom Tuner.

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 05 Jul 2007, 23:17

I quite enjoyed The Wimbledon Poisoner.

I loved it - it was given to me just before I went to work abroad for a couple of years and it kept me in touch wiz ze crazy eenglish oomer, n'est pas?

The sequel wasn't quite as good imo but still a good read. Much more interesting than talking about pianos. Oh, hang on

Post by **Gill the Piano** » 07 Jul 2007, 16:13

Tom; Good Omens isn't a Discworld novel, it's a one-off about the end of the world. And surprisingly enough, it's hysterically funny. Well, to a loopy piano tuner, anyway...

Tom Tuner · Post by **Tom Tuner** » 13 Jul 2007, 18:15

Gill,

Once again, thanks for the tip! I had supposed this was one of his "juvenals" featuring Granny Weatherwax. Incidentally, I have Wotzernames Ogg's Cookbook, but I am having trouble obtaining the ingredients for the recepies.

Tom Tuner