Kawai K67D

[harvey]

Les, I'm not familiar with the K67D, so likely we're talking about either a
KG6D =or= a KG7D. 

"Some loose pins" and a "pinblock likely shot" leaves an awful lot of room in
between. The pinblock (if original and assuming one of the pianos above) will
consist of 3-cross band plies and top/bottom dress veneers. You wanted the
scoop on the pinblock. You got it. You want experience. Here it comes:

- The loose pins are probably the result of replacing broken strings in the
past;

- Repinning w/oversized pins (preferably w/restringing considering the piano
age and owner's string-breakage record) is certainly reasonable. Of course,
this depends on how many are loose, how loose, and if the original pins have
remained;

- Anyone who must borrow tools for such a job shouldn't be the one to do the
job;

- The 'other' technician is making too many pre-assumptions to be considered
for the work;

- That leaves you.

As an aside, there are other, more discrete signals in your message. Your
friend sounds like one of a small number of players who are capable of
breaking
strings "on call". If so, my experience indicates that this scenario goes
hand-in-hand with "can't seem to get a tech out to do the work."

-jh-


At 10:25 PM 8/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>       I have a friend with w Kawai K67D, #1399699 with some loose pins,
>and a tech has told him the pinblock is likely shot.  Does that make
>sense?  I don't think the piano is much more than twenty years old.  If
>it's delignit, can't one simply put larger pins in it.  He is murder on
>the piano, frequently breaking strings.  He can't seem to get a tech out
>to do his work, and now wants some "tools" to do his own............... 
>Since he's a sixty mile drive from me, I'm not really excited about
>frequent trips out there.
>       Mostly I'm interested in the pin block, and what experience
>others have had with this model of piano.


Jim Harvey, RPT
harvey@greenwood.net
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