<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">Mike,<br>Aside from the obvious, Plate, action brackets, board, etc. Be sure to check the joint of the pin plank where it is glued to the back frame assembly.<br>I have experienced where the glue joint popped open and separation caused instability in tuning. This was the only issue found from the fall.<br>The piano had felt covering the top area and hid the fault line. We peeled back the felt to find the problem.<br>Resolve was to lower string pressure, loosen the pin block plate bolts, mix up some west system epoxy, pour in the split, then clamp everything back together. <br>We then reset threading of the bolts, (had to re plug 2 stripped holes)  tightened everything down, tuned everything up, adjusted action and the piano's ben back in stable tuning condition in the customers home for the last 3 years.  Hopefully your's will be a simple a repair as this one.  Best of Luck<br>Gerry Cousins, RPT<br><p class="EC_MsoNormal">Hi All,</p>I'm looking for advice/input on what specifically to look<br>for in a piano that due to bad wheels fell flat on it's back on a schoolroom<br>floor and now, I'm told won't hold tune.<br><div><p class="EC_MsoNormal">It is a Kawai UST-8 and the teacher was new 6 years ago and<br>unaware of the faulty wheels, she attempted to pull/push it a way from the wall<br>and WHAM down it went.<br></p></div><div><p class="EC_MsoNormal">The tooner that has been tuning it can't keep it in tune,<br>the store I used to tune for, a Kawai dealer, offered my services to look<br>at it and give an estimate. I am very familar with Kawai's, not so familiar<br>with pianos that have taken a fall and the damage that can cause.</p>I have made an appointment for Friday to go look at it, an<br>help or advice would be appreciated.<br><br></div>Mike</div></body> </html>