Hi Don, Thanks for the clarification. I'll pass it on to my "successor"! :-) Avery On 8/2/07, Don Mannino <DMannino at kawaius.com> wrote: > > Jim, > > Thanks for the kind comments. > > Avery, > > We are not able to stock sets of pre-hung hammers here in California, but > can special order them for music schools / universities by serial number. > In BYU's case it took about 2 1/2 months to get 6 sets from Japan, then the > 7th set came a month or so later. We did something similar for UNLV a few > years back also. > > So if there are plans to replace hammers in the Kawais in your school, get > in touch with me or Mark Wisner here at Kawai. > > > Don Mannino > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Avery > Todd > *Sent:* Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:24 PM > *To:* College and University Technicians > *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] Kawai prehung hammers - Very good! > > Hi Jim, > > I didn't realize that Kawai did prehung hammers. I've bought them from > Yamaha, Wally Brooks & Pianotek! When I was still working at the university, > it saved a LOT of time! Nice to hear that Kawai does that also. > > Avery > > > On 8/2/07, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote: > > > > List, > > > > > > > > Just a report on Kawai prehung hammers/shanks and flanges. We bought 7 > > sets for KG2As, KG2Ds, and a KG2E. I usually don't like prehung hammers but > > these were wonderful! All details were immaculate, and in each set there > > were only one or two that even needed traveling or burning! Not only that, > > but right out of the box they sounded great on the piano. I give Kawai an "A > > plus" for these, and the cost was less than I usually pay for hammers alone. > > Kudos to Don and Kawai. > > > > > > > > Vince tells me he had the same experience; Very good. > > > > > > > > On a side note, with the (6) students working many hours we developed a > > system to complete the following in TWO SHOP DAYS; > > > > 1. New shanks flanges and hammers > > 2. Complete restringing > > 3. Recondition agraffes > > 4. Dressing of v-bar and other friction points > > 5. Repinned hammer rail and balanciers > > 6. New "Crescendo" front and balance rail punchings > > 7. Rebushing of lyre, underlevers, etc. > > 8. Other "misc." stuff and complete regulation, tunings voicing, > > etc. > > > > > > > > In essence, it's like a new piano. The students enjoyed this process and > > although the first one took more time (6 days), after they got the hang of > > it it seemed like our system came together the faster we went. In all we did > > 14 pianos this summer. Buying the Kawai hammers saved us about one full day > > and big bucks. (Maybe I'm too slow with all the hammer work…) > > > > > > > > Anyway, while it seemed a bit like NASCAR this summer it was fun and the > > experience for the students was tremendous. > > > > > > > > Jim Busby BYU > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070802/1440277d/attachment-0001.html
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