Jumpy pins in new Kawai

[Porritt, David]

Where did this come from?  I have tuned lots of Kawai pianos over the
past 30+ years in this business and I can't recall any that had shot
blocks after 10, 20 or 30 years.  

I'm not denying your experience it just doesn't match mine at all.

dave

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Ron & Lorene Shiflet
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 2:30 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Jumpy pins in new Kawai

As for the jumpy pins, they are usually the result of an overly tight 
pinblock.  Enjoy it while it lasts as Kawai pinblocks are usually shot
at 10 
years.  Cliff Geers used to recommend pulling the jumpy pin and applying

varnish to the hole to eliminate the jumps.

regards

Ron




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist@swbell.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: Jumpy pins in new Kawai


>I just tuned a brand new Kawai UST-8, right out of the box, on the
showroom
> floor.  Both pins for A2 were very "jumpy."  My immediate reaction was

> that
> the pinblock might be cracked, but could something else cause this?
>
> Also, why do grands bear the name "K. KAWAI" while uprights just have
> "KAWAI" without the initial K?  Is it just marketing, like maybe the 
> initial
> is supposed to make it look fancier?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Mulik
>
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