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chrisw wrote: ↑19 Sep 2021, 12:42

PS We resumed our piano group meeting in the hall three weeks ago. The piano was in good form as always.

Do you have the dates I can put it on the website calendar.

Chrisw were you teaching at Oxford? Only been there once for a couple of days spent most of the time in churches and the pub. Rather bizarre, we did a church crawl during the day and a pub crawl in the evening. The church crawl was to see as many organs three a day; there was a recital put on at eac...

Forget the Gerhard Heintzman and its more like 70 years old unless you're going to get a tuner to look at it the C110A was made in China not a great piano it was superseded by the B1 far better piano made in Indonesia for Yamaha. If you can afford it I would go for the U1 or 3 as it's a better long-...

Blow 47mm (this is the distance from the noise of the hammer to the string) Dip 9.5 mm ( this is how far the natural key goes down.) Sharp height 12mm ( this is the height of the shop from the natural key hight) Sharp dip 10mm (this is how far the shop goes down) Set off 3mm or let off (USA) (this i...

If you're looking for a reconditioned Steinway try Geoffrey shackles or Iain Gordon
Both do very nice reconditioned Steinways.

Barrie

I would pay a tuner to go and look at the 1980s Offenbach The Steinhoven is a very basic entry Pianos, like we used to say about spring loops. They spent more money on the case than they have on the insides. A very basic entry Piano if you spend a day as a tech on them, they are still not great. A l...

The big problem with Welmar in the 90s was quality it was a tad hit and miss they lost a lot of key workers in the mid-90s and in the late 90s, there was uncertainty in keeping a job as the factory was getting ready to move to Gloucester many best key workers did not want to move to the sticks. At t...

I have many 116 Welmar Pianos on my round and the vast majority have a wonderful mellow tone and in most cases, the bass strings are still quite sweet. However, they are getting a little long in the tooth and a few of them are beginning to lose the edge around the fifth Octave, and of course, the ac...

If you mean the Bentley history page on our site? It has images of the pianos that were in production when they ceased trading.

Barrie

While at the time, the floating centre seemed a good idea in the 70s. They are now proving problematic the actual floating centre itself is still fine; however, what you will find is the centre pin that goes through the wooden part of the butt is the part that is clicking. To fix this problem, you h...

The clicking sound is possibly glue on the cushion felt or a missing cushion felt or the Centre pin has moved out and is catching the next note that could cause the sluggishness as well. ProTech on the centre pain should solve the sluggish note if the centre pin has not come halfway out. BTW piano n...

a YouTube video will be better than attachment

It's very difficult to detect major faults on a piano just by Photos.

Your best bet is to pay a piano tuner to look at the piano first.
As a piano that age and in your country could have lots of issues with the bridges the soundboard and the action.

Barrie

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K300 is made in both Japan and Indonesia but I believe the ones that are sold in the UK are made in Japan. Update from the horse's mouth the UK get them from both Japan and Indonesia but the technicians do prefer the Indonesian ones as there is less voicing as they tend to voice for the European mar...

K300 is a better piano its made in Japan
The B3 is made in Indonesia. and while a good piano it's not a patch on the K 300
if you want a Yamaha as good as the K300 you need to look at the U1

Barrie

Blow 47mm Dip 9.5 mm Sharp height 12mm Sharp dip 10mm Set off 3mm checking 15mm The above measurements are not finite as a lot of it depends on the age of the piano action. The key height from the lock rail will vary a model to model depending on how the keybed has been set up. Coup 47mm Plongeon 9,...

35013 = c1904 Even if the piano was in exceptionally good condition trade would ask you for money to take it away. If the piano is tuned to concert pitch and you put it on eBay you may get £100+ if you're lucky. AS chrisw has told you the best person to ask is your local tuner he or she may have a c...

Would it now be "The Untouchables"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu2FekMaTQc

Barrie

Nice one, that's the one I would've gone for. The history of the company is quite interesting They actually covered up the Steinveg bit on Pianos that went to America.

Enjoy your new piano when it comes are you part-exchanging the Kemble or selling it privately.

Barrie

IMO Grotrian-Steinweg is far better than a Schlemiel, but the actions tend to be a little bit to a lot heavier than the Schimmel.

Barrie

Are they in the same place or two different places, as a side to side comparison is always a nice thing to do when you can? If they're in private homes find out who the piano tuner was and asked them. 4K would get you a nice holiday when we can, but it's a judgement call whether the older one is wor...

On paper, the Schlemiel K189 is a better buy. However, all secondhand pianos quality depends on how they've been looked after and the environment they've been in.

While it's difficult in the present situation, If you can I would sit in front of both of them and get a history of them.

Barrie

In general, forms are in decline since about 2015 as more move over to Facebook the forums heyday was around 2000 to 2015 before forums it was newsgroups and listserves in the 90s they are now mostly gone. Yahoo as now dropped its listserves. Facebook will die or dwindle off as the younger ones are ...

All politicians are there to be ridiculed good and bad. Having said that, Trump deserves the peace prize more than Obama did and sadly Biden is undermining a lot of the good work that Trump did in the Middle East and with India. I also, do believe Joe Biden was taught maths by the same person who ta...

I'm pleased you find it better. its also more Mobile and tablet friendly.

Barrie

I have a few Irmler on my rounds. the smaller uprights are okay Kawai are better the big ones some of them are nice for the price. The secondary makes by the big piano manufacturers have similar characteristics it's all down to how well they've been prepped. Some you sit in front of you think wow th...

Bluthner are having a lockdown sale. Blüthner Style IX grand £9K

Barie

Now that he has left
the 1960s one
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! or the " B" Side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gbvcEkuFFI
and jailhouse rock.

Barrie

I would love to get rid of the adverts. however, they are a necessary evil to keep the site going.

the pop-up ones are a big pain I will see if I can remote that part

Barrie

We done a bit of a makeover hope you find it more user friendly

Barrie

have your read this
https://www.piano-tuners.org/piano-foru ... f=2&t=9585

duplex scaling can be a blessing or pain Yamaha tends to get the scaling correct, sometimes Kawai gets it wrong on smaller grands Boston pianos can be very bad and very good. Some of the cheap and cheerful Chinese Pianos I wish they didn't bother it makes it difficult to get pure top trouble. A good...

Your local piano tuner is the best person to give you an evaluation of your piano, as an on-site inspection is required.

Barrie

They will be plated strings instead of polished strings and they come with their own problems, especially if the plating starts to come off it can make them false as hell. If you're in a very salty area and you have problems with rusty strings consider a string blanket they use them a lot on the eas...

I have used Parks not had any problems main reason I use them is the turnaround time for singles I've also use them for sets.

A lot of my colleagues who do more stringing than me prefer Barney.

Barrie

Interesting never seen one that sits on the table how do the pedals work if there are any.

Barrie

You could put some masking tape over it however if it's polyester which it probably is, they will have to dig away at the underlying problem. If it's an impact bruise, say the size of 2p. Then you find actually the amount of polyester you have to remove is twice the size or more. Even under current ...

I trust everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all a very healthy and prosperous 2021

Barrie

The piano is two years old, and you've had it tuned quite a few times it's not uncommon for Pianos to start showing the signs of "metallic sound", "tinny", "harsh" whatever " The opposite of what. it sounded in the shop; basically, it's the hammers getting hard at ...

Very difficult to give opinions on secondhand pianos without seeing them. The older the pianos are the more irrelevant the make is, as there is so much that can be wrong with them when they that old there are exceptions. I would strongly advise you to get a local tuner to give them the once over. Ba...

On your paper template don't forget the piano stool. If you're happy to travel then consider piano auctions in London sadly due to the lurgy there are quite a few people who are selling there Pianos as they need the money. One of my customers got a very nice grand good price from Park Pianos in Bolt...

How much does it cost to do what?

Strengthen no smart them up we do have coil cleaners basically they are high-pressure hose pipe cutting them to 40 mm stick them in the end of a drill and you just run up and down the tuning pin it cleans the coil

Barrie

I tuned it a few weeks ago its now being to settle down. The captain was telling me they can't use the piano in case someone sings :? . Hopefully this time next year we will be looking at this is a distant sad memory in the UK. Sadly it will take a little bit longer for the rest of the world to get ...

Thanks for asking We are allowed to tune pianos in the lockdown, as it comes under service but I m about 40% down on turnover this year which is a lot better than most in the music and leisure industry who are really struggling. I do understand the countywide lockdown in the tier system as we had Bo...

Bill Kibby wrote: ↑23 Nov 2020, 14:19 Where did you see all this detail Barrie? I only see 2 copies of a photo of the outside.

in his dropbox account, the link is in the first post

it's a pre-1980s Kembel it has a Schwander action and looks like the hammer felt has come away on at least one hammer Also, has been attacked by moths.

Barrie

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At the end of the day it's the Touch and tone which matters the most.

While on paper the RX2 is a better buy but will the G2 give you more pleasure.

Barrie

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