Kawai ABS Flanges

[Terry Beckingham]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately rebushing the entire action is out of
the question at this time. All whippen flanges are somewhat sluggish, but
the worst ones are in the tenor area. I'll concentrate on them first.

Terry

At 04:21 PM 9/7/99 +0930, you wrote:
>Hi Terry,
>
>Living in Darwin Australia, just about the most humid place in the universe,
>I have come across this problem quite often.  I have noted that if you have
>a Yamaha and a Kawai in the same room  and both are have sticking notes then
>it is best to recentre those notes that are sticking.  After two years you
>will find that you now will have more sticky notes as more flanges go
>through the wet dry wet dry cycle.  Recentre them.  Etc etc.  Fitting a
>Dampp chaser system will solve most of the problems but not all with the
>Kawai as other problems then surface.
>
>Two problems.
>
>With the Kawai you will notice an undue amount of fluff now sticking to all
>the ABS parts (electrostatics ?)  Also look at the felt in the bushings,
>does not seem the same as in the normal flange.
>
>In Brisbane Australia, a lot of Kawai suffer the same problem and there
>answer to eradicate the problem is to REBUSH AND CENTRE THE ENTIRE ACTION.
>This works.
>
>Tony Caught caute@accessnt.com.au