Hi Geoff, I feel your pain! I have experienced the same thing with a KG-6C. I applied some protec to the agraffes and capo and it helped the rendering problem little. However, it will dry eventually and will need to be re-applied. Just make sure the lube will not be able to "creep" back up toward the tuning pins. This may ease your tuning woes a bit. Plus, with this economy, you can almost bet that she will not be very receptive to expensive re-stringing. Being a respectful defender of your customer's wallet is one way to keep them happy and not thinking that you are trying to milk every penny you can from them. Oh, also, this piano is in the main auditorium of a church so it gets used a decent amount every week (not just for Sunday service, ie, recitals, seminars, etc.) I set up a tuning schedule of every 3 months. I usually go back for unison touch-up at 6 weeks depending on the humidity fluctuations. I also charge a slightly higher rate because of difficulty and that it takes longer to ensure a stable tuning. They're happy because the piano stays in tune, finally. I'm happy because I get a little bit more money for a little bit more effort. Anthony Smith Phoenix, AZ I have a customer with a 1982 Kawai KG-C6 grand. She's a musician. She has ears. This piano is a nightmare to tune. Getting the strings to render through the bearing points so that it is stable enough that I even feel comfortable leaving requires far more pounding than I think any piano should endure. -- Geoff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081228/f0779afb/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 51799 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081228/f0779afb/attachment-0001.jpe>
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