[pianotech] Kawai UST7 sluggish action

erwinspiano at aol.com erwinspiano at aol.com
Wed Jan 13 12:05:03 MST 2010


oops, also should say all three of these pianos have the same problem and throughout the entire piano.... trix





-----Original Message-----
From: erwinspiano at aol.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 11:03 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Kawai UST7 sluggish action


(by the way this is Trix writing for Dale who is out in the field)
 
Sorry I should have mentioned the sluggishness is in the hammer flange centerpin bushing.  There are three of these pianos at this facility and judging by the age, they arrived here together as soon as the building was built and open....
 
Obviously not under warranty anymore....
 
trix for Dale






-----Original Message-----
From: John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 10:46 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Kawai UST7 sluggish action


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:

Has anyone run into a situation where a Kawai USt7 has a sluggish action...if so were you able to come up with a successful remedy, and/or did you find it was covered by waranty?  The one I am tuning doesn't look that old (s/n 1,470,000).....
 
Thanks,
Dale


 



Dale, 


I don't often find problems with sluggishness in Kawai pianos. But, when it appears, it's generally in the keys. Usually at the balance hole, but occasionally a tight key bushing.


One other thing to check is the jack stop rail. If it's too close, it can cause intermittent sluggishness that can be difficult to diagnose.


Other than that, I guess everything else is gonna be "the basics."

-- 
JF



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