[CAUT] Kawai prehung hammers - Very good!

[Avery Todd]

Hi Don,

Thanks for the clarification. I'll pass it on to my "successor"! :-)

Avery


On 8/2/07, Don Mannino <DMannino at kawaius.com> wrote:
>
>  Jim,
>
> Thanks for the kind comments.
>
> Avery,
>
> We are not able to stock sets of pre-hung hammers here in California, but
> can special order them for music schools / universities by serial number.
> In BYU's case it took about 2 1/2 months to get 6 sets from Japan, then the
> 7th set came a month or so later.  We did something similar for UNLV a few
> years back also.
>
> So if there are plans to replace hammers in the Kawais in your school, get
> in touch with me or Mark Wisner here at Kawai.
>
>
> Don Mannino
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Avery
> Todd
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:24 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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