Ron Overs wrote: > > Hi list, > > Frank Cahill wrote > I tuned a kawai KG-1 today. It's a gray market piano...two pedals. > There was very little let-off and in some cases, no let-off. > > Frank, > > this symptom is not unusual for a Kawai KG action. > The geometry (ie. built in friction) of the KG jack at the let-off button > is one of the best examples of poor action design in the business. > > Try mounting a wippen on the workshop bench (hold it horizontally by > clamping the wippen flange onto a support block), substituting the > let-off button with a plain wooden dowel (also held horizontally). > Examine the relative motion between the jack tender and the let-off > button during escapement. > > And how does the KG let-off button cloth survive under real life service? > It doesn't! As the jack tender gouges a groove in the felt the let-off > setting moves toward the string. > > Ron E. Overs > Sydney, Australia > > Email: ron@overspianos.com.au > Website: www.overspianos.com.au -- Thanks, Ron. Frank Cahill Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild Northern Va
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