Hi, I never seen another one. I tuned it for around 10 years at a local church. James James Grebe Piano Tuning & Repair Member of Master Piano Technicians. Registered Piano Technician of the Piano Technicians Guild for over 30 years. "Member of the Year" in 1989 Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, Piano Benches, Writing Instruments,Table Timepieces (314) 608-4137 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 Researcher of St. Louis Theatre History BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman at accessus.net Jimpianowood at yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" <avery1 at houston.rr.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Pianotech Digest, Vol 1284, Issue 53 Hi James, I've never heard of a Kawai that had that. The only ones I've known of are Bösendorfer and Horugel! A lot of difference! :-) Avery At 07:00 AM 2/8/2007, you wrote: >I used to have a church client that had a Kawai >KG-8C that had individually tied strings. In >the top section I had occasion that I would have >breakage on lowering the strings to pitch when it was humid. >James >James Grebe Piano Tuning & Repair Member of Master Piano Technicians. >Registered Piano Technician of the Piano >Technicians Guild for over 30 years. "Member of the Year" in 1989 >Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, Piano >Benches, Writing Instruments,Table Timepieces >(314) 608-4137 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 >Researcher of St. Louis Theatre History >BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! >pianoman at accessus.net >Jimpianowood at yahoo.com >----- Original Message ----- From: <pianotune05 at comcast.net> >To: <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:25 PM >Subject: Re: Pianotech Digest, Vol 1284, Issue 53 > > >>Hi Everyone, >>Is lowering pitch fool proof in terms of >>keeping strings from breaking? I tuned a piano >>not quite a month ago and two strings broke. >>They didn't want to pay to have them fixed, >>they are an organization on a tight budget and >>the piano has other major issues. Now if I >>sense any resistance whether a tight pin or >>whatever, I automatically lower pitch. Is this >>good, or am i being too careful? >>Marshall >>ps. John Stroup, E-mail me. I 'm wondering how >>you guys in Indiana are doing since I moved to Chicago I haven't heard >>much. >>-------------- Original message -------------- >>From: pianotech-request at ptg.org >> >>>Send Pianotech mailing list submissions to >>>pianotech at ptg.org >>> >>>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>pianotech-request at ptg.org >>> >>>You can reach the person managing the list at >>>pianotech-owner at ptg.org >>> >>>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>than "Re: Contents of Pianotech digest..."
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