[pianotech] Worst Kawai Ever

[Rob & Helen Goodale]

I would say you have a real rarity here as Kawais are serious leaders in the 
piano industry.  More then likely the string maker was asleep that day 
otherwise it would probably be a great piano.  If it is still under warranty 
then contact Kawai for another set of bass strings.  It's probably ready for 
some basic regulating by now too and a little hammer voicing.  If you take 
care of those three things the customer will think you are the greatest in 
the world and you will probably get some good referrals out of it.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV

> From: Richard Brekne
> Subject: [pianotech] Worst Kawaii ever

> Ran into a Kawaii upright yesterday that had to be the worst newer piano
> I have encountered ... ever really.  A K-12 something or another.
> Totally untuneable bass scale. Virtually ever wound string had wacked
> out para-inharmonicity of a degree I've only run into in some of those
> wonderful boxes I first tuned back in the states with names like Story
> and Clark, Wurlitzer, etc.  This was as bad as anything ever.  Only 6
> years old.  Not one single bass unision had anything even close to
> matching partials ladders... and in anycase nothing matched partials of
> intervals above in the unwound section. No use using an ETD.... it just
> got confused :):) Didnt know any of the larger companies were capable of
> producing such a POJ in this day and age.
>
> It had also had jiffy weights installed... downweight with the damper
> pedal depressed was like 90 grams... ya gots to wonder :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB