On Nov 21, 2007 10:25 PM, <stuka at mindspring.com> wrote: > Just picked up a Kawai EP-308M, Kawai's electric grand with MIDI. $300 on > Ebay. MIght coulda got it for $100 if I had waited it out and sniped the bid > at the end, but couldn't stand the possibility that someone else might hit > the "Buy It Now" button. The seller was a recycling firm who deals mostly > in junked monitors, PCs and electronic equipment. Apparently this piano had > been dropped off for recycling. Crushing and melting-down and all that.... > Weird. > > Aside from a very few bumps and a bit of what looks like grafitti that was > scratched into what would be the fallboard on an acoustic (visible when > light is shined on it, at the right angle, and shallow enough that it looks > like it'll rub out), it looks like it could have been less than a year old. > Very nice shape. The people at the recyclers' were surprised when I told > them it was a grand-type piano, with strings and action just like an > acoustic, but electric. I don't think anyone on the premises, including the > seller himself, had any idea what it really was. > > KawaiUSA will be happy to sell me a 24V-200 mA wall wart for the low-low of > $90, but it seems to be the same 2-pin Cannon XLR as the CP70 uses, and once > I find and secure a couple of those, I think I can adapt a couple of > computer power supplies for under $20 and have an extra or two. The missing > pedal is going to be a little more problematic -- they don't carry it > anymore -- but perhaps a Rhodes pedal can be adapted... > > Opened up the front top board -- it looks new inside -- and played it > acoustically, it was almost dead-on in tune, but the action seems rather > noisy, several of the hammer shanks are hitting the hammer rests and > clacking rather loudly on return . I didn't see anything in the user manual > about lock-down bars or anything like the CP-70 has, does anyone who has > dealt with these know if there's something like that, or have a suggestion > on the hammer rest noise? > > Pretty happy with the beast, anyway. > > Thanks for any and all, > > Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ITUNEPIANO at aol.com > Sent: Nov 21, 2007 10:28 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: Young Chang tuning instability > > Are you sure the customer isn't touching up the tuning between your visits? > How often is the piano tuned? Do you use a key banger to really smack the > keys hard? > > Bob Maret, RPT > Piano Technician > > > > ________________________________ > Check out AOL Money & Finance's list of the hottest products and top money > wasters of 2007. See if Roger Jolly can help you, I think he was the tech for Kawai when these were being sold regularly, Mike -- Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com
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