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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gee, Greg. I live in Arizona, one of =
the driest
areas on Earth, and I've never seen that!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Kevin E. Ramsey,
R.P.T.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Oh, and BTW, I'd =
think twice
before re-shaping the tails.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gnewell@ameritech.net =
href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg
Newell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A
title=MPT@philbondi.com =
href="mailto:MPT@philbondi.com">MPT@philbondi.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 23, 2003 =
9:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Kawai parts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Greetings
lists,<BR> I have =
recently
experienced something most puzzling. I ordered new <BR>damper levers =
straight
from Kawai for a GE-1 played and used heavily by a <BR>"spirited" =
church. Is
that the politically correct term we use today? <BR>Anyway, They were =
to be
replaced because somewhere along the line the leads <BR>in more than a =
few had
fallen out and were missing! The tray blocks and <BR>flanges also =
needed
replacing as well as hammer re-shaping, tail reshaping <BR>and a =
regulation.
Now what puzzles me is two fold, 1) why did the <BR>replacement parts =
Kawai
sent me have most of there leads fallen out in the <BR>zip lock bag by =
the
time they got to me, and 2) why is the "checkering" of <BR>the hammer =
tails
done so aggressively as to gouge the backcheck leather? <BR>The later =
is not
specific to Kawai as I've noticed it on quite a few other <BR>piano. =
Mostly
cheaper brands which I don't often associate Kawai as being <BR>one =
of. I'm
sure many of you have run across leads falling out but have you =
<BR>ever had
the new replacements shipped to you with leads falling =
out?<BR><BR>Greg
Newell<BR><A
href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> =
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