List, Kawai 902-F #AC8667 vertical. This was the second tuning I have done on this fairly new piano (3 yrs old, according to the owner). My impression on the first visit (6/99) was that it was a nice piano. On the second visit (4/00), I noticed some trouble with the treble section. There is so much falseness, making it extremely difficult to tune octaves, as well as unisons (but especially octaves). I did not check the bridge for loose pins or bad notching. What about the pressure bar adjusted improperly? To check this, I pressed a rubber mute against the section of string in between the t-pins and pressure bar, and the noise was lessened. This makes me think that the garbage is related to the pressure bar since its function is to eliminate this kind of noise. Does anyone know of this falseness being a problem with this model Kawai? This is the only one of that model I service, so I cannot compare it to others, although most of the Kawai verticals have been quite nice. Some falseness, but nothing like this one. Anyone have suggestions? John Formsma Blue Mountain, MS
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