While I don't doubt the instrument *might* be stable despite the cracks, aside from the flippin' it's an easy repair. Give them a comfortable quote for the work, and advise they negotiate the purchasing price downward appropriately. Have fun, Patrick On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Barbara Richmond <piano57 at comcast.net>wrote: > Greetings list, > > I brought this up a couple years ago--cracks (separation) between the inner > and outer rims in a Kawai grand. Different piano, out of warranty and I've > got customers interested in purchasing it. I had a pleasant talk with Mark > Wisner at Kawai. If the piano was in warranty, the repair would be the ol' > flip the piano over, fill 'em up with epoxy, sand and touch up the finish on > the bottom of the rim. I could find a mover to help me do the job, but I > was wondering if anybody out there has ever heard of a problem caused by > these separations. Noise? Obviously, I don't know how long the cracks have > been there; the piano, a KG-2, is about 15 years old. I am inclined to say, > "let's just leave it and if there's ever a problem we'll fix it"--unless > someone gives me a good reason not to... :-) > > Thanks for your help. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100203/b7f4f96c/attachment.htm>
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