[CAUT] Kawai prehung hammers - Very good!

[Jim Busby]

Hi Avery,

 

I've been disappointed in the past with Yamaha and Steinway prehungs. I
ended up tossing one set of Yamahas... I think the synthetic parts are
the "secret" to the Kawai parts needing no traveling, etc. Boy, am I a
believer now!

 

Cheers,

Jim

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Avery Todd
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:24 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Kawai prehung hammers - Very good!

 

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: 

List,

 

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. 

 

Vince tells me he had the same experience; Very good.

 

On a side note, with the (6) students working many hours we developed a
system to complete the following in TWO SHOP DAYS;

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. 

 

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...) 

 

Anyway, while it seemed a bit like NASCAR this summer it was fun and the
experience for the students was tremendous. 

 

Jim Busby BYU

 

 

 

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