Ronald R Shiflet wrote: > > I hope my original post about Kawai was not misunderstood. Let > me say first that Kawai is one of my favorite pianos. Their level of > precision and quality are amazing. Tunability?...They're easy to tune. > What I was trying to say is that you just cannot take a piano, > tune and regulate it, then strap down the parts during transit and > expect it to be perfect when you unstrap it at the other end. It > doesn't matter who made the piano, when you uncrate it, it is going to > need some work and any dealer who doesn't prep his pianos is a fool. > I've worked for dealers who tried to increase their margins a > little by selling Chinese pianos. They lost big time when they paid their technicians to keep them running. We would go out planning to tune > and end up leveling the keys also. I have also uncrated $40,000 pianos > only to end up spending 4 days getting the glitches out and the parts > aligned. > I'll be spending this morning, with my customer who recently > purchased a Korean grand. I have told her for 5 years to buy a Kawai. > She got cheap and took the junker. Now she's frustrated because it > won't play right. Among other things I'll be telling her, I will tell > her that when she tunes it every 6 months, she'll need to plan on > spending an equal amount in repairs. This is what became of the money > she originally saved. > When you uncrate a Kawai, plan on spending 30 minutes regulating > and 3 tunings over the next 2 weeks. Oh, how I wish, that all pianos > were this easy !!! > > Ron Shiflet > I'll second this whole post! Thanks Ron!! Greg --
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