[CAUT] Kawai prehung hammers - Very good!

[Avery Todd]

Hi Jim,

I didn't realize that Kawai did prehung hammers. I've bought them from
Yamaha, Wally Brooks & Pianotek! When I was still working at the university,
it saved a LOT of time! Nice to hear that Kawai does that also.

Avery


On 8/2/07, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:
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> Just a report on Kawai prehung hammers/shanks and flanges. We bought 7
> sets for KG2As, KG2Ds, and a KG2E. I usually don't like prehung hammers but
> these were wonderful! All details were immaculate, and in each set there
> were only one or two that even needed traveling or burning! Not only that,
> but right out of the box they sounded great on the piano. I give Kawai an "A
> plus" for these, and the cost was less than I usually pay for hammers alone.
> Kudos to Don and Kawai.
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> Vince tells me he had the same experience; Very good.
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> On a side note, with the (6) students working many hours we developed a
> system to complete the following in TWO SHOP DAYS;
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>    1. New shanks flanges and hammers
>    2. Complete restringing
>    3. Recondition agraffes
>    4. Dressing of v-bar and other friction points
>    5. Repinned hammer rail and balanciers
>    6. New "Crescendo" front and balance rail punchings
>    7. Rebushing of lyre, underlevers, etc.
>    8. Other "misc." stuff and complete regulation, tunings voicing,
>    etc.
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> In essence, it's like a new piano. The students enjoyed this process and
> although the first one took more time (6 days), after they got the hang of
> it it seemed like our system came together the faster we went. In all we did
> 14 pianos this summer. Buying the Kawai hammers saved us about one full day
> and big bucks. (Maybe I'm too slow with all the hammer work…)
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> Anyway, while it seemed a bit like NASCAR this summer it was fun and the
> experience for the students was tremendous.
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> Jim Busby BYU
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