Spotty Kawai Revisited

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Dear Friends and Collegues,

After revisting the Kawai UST-8, I found green spots all over the strings. I 
originally though they were grey, but the second visit proved me wrong. I 
guess my bifocals failed me the first time.

I went ahead and cleaned a sample string that has a buzzing sound with steel 
wool. The spots are all over and deeply inbedded. I gave the string a twist, 
retuned it, and found a lot of improvement, but not to where I think it 
should be with a piano only 8 years old.

Since the spots were spread all over, Kawai agreed to replace them. My thanks 
to 
Don Mannino for all of his technical help in this matter.  The UST-8 is a 
fine piano and I service many of them in a local school district.

Dave Peake, RPT
Portland Chapter
Oregon City, OR
www.davespianoworks.locality.com