<div>Hi Don, </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for the clarification. I'll pass it on to my "successor"! :-) </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery <br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Mannino</b> <<a href="mailto:DMannino@kawaius.com">DMannino@kawaius.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080">Jim,</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080">Thanks for the kind comments.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080">Avery,</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080">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. </font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080">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.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span> <p align="left"><font color="#000080">Don Mannino<span> </span></font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000080"><span> </span></font></p></span> <hr> <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank"> caut-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Avery Todd<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:24 PM<span class="q"><br><b>To:</b> College and University Technicians<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAUT] Kawai prehung hammers - Very good! <br></span></font><br></p></div> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div></div><span class="q"> <div>Hi Jim, </div> <div> </div> <div>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. </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery <br><br> </div></span> <div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Busby</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu" target="_blank">jim_busby@byu.edu </a>> wrote:</span> </span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"> <div><span class="q"> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">List,</span></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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. </span></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vince tells me he had the same experience; Very good.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On a side note, with the (6) students working many hours we developed a system to complete the following in TWO SHOP DAYS;</span></font></p> </span> <ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1"> <li><span class="q"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New shanks flanges and hammers</span></font> </span> <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Complete restringing</span></font> <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Recondition agraffes </span></font> <li><span class="q"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dressing of v-bar and other friction points</span></font> </span> <li><span class="q"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Repinned hammer rail and balanciers</span></font> </span> <li><span class="q"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New "Crescendo" front and balance rail punchings</span></font> </span> <li><span class="q"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rebushing of lyre, underlevers, etc.</span></font> </span><span class="q"> <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Other "misc." stuff and complete regulation, tunings voicing, etc.</span></font> </li></span></li></li></li></li></li></li></li> </ol><span class="q"> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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…) </span></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyway, while it seemed a bit like NASCAR this summer it was fun and the experience for the students was tremendous. </span></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jim Busby BYU</span></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br>