Kawai UST-8G

[Mike Kurta]

    Les, I had exactly the same thing happen on an new UST-8.  Looking
closely, I found a mismatch between each bichord wire.  The wrappings were
of different lengths and therefore unisons would never tune properly.  When
notified, Kawai admitted their production mistake (sort of) and sent six new
strings.  They worked fine.  Maybe the same problems exists in your piano.
Mike Kurta
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie W Bartlett" <lesbart1@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:47 AM
Subject: Kawai UST-8G


> Tuned above piano yesterday, and the lowest three notes, bi-chords, on
> the treble bridge were almost untuneable. I wrote pianotech from a
> "foreign address" and didn't see it show up, so will try from here.  Is
> this "usual" for this piano. I could stop the blocks nicely (Tunelab
> Pro), on each string, but when played together they were horrible, and it
> was also impossible to get a clean octave at any perceived overtone.
> Thoughts would be appreciated.
> les bartlett
> houston
>
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