<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Don,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Could I get a set of those tenor strings even though = the piano is out of warranty?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>You and I spoke about this about 5 yrs. = ago.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I could get you the serial number and the rest of = the particulars within a day or so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:donmannino@attbi.com" = title=donmannino@attbi.com>Donald Mannino</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 03, 2002 = 11:10 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kawai UST-8G</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Tom,<BR><BR>If I said that, it would = have been about some other topic or piano model, or maybe I was having some kind = of serious mental lapse (not unusual with me, maybe!).  This problem = with the 6 bichord strings in the treble is well known to me, because I was = the one who first discovered it and had to dig to find out how it = happened.<BR><BR>Don Mannino RPT<BR><BR><BR>At 06:21 PM 4/2/2002 -0500, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite">This is the same model = that I complained about to Don Manino and I was told<BR>there were no = complaints about that piano. Hmmmm. I tuned another just this<BR>morning with = the identical problem.  Glad it's just not me.<BR>Tom Servinsky,RPT<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Richard = Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no><BR>To: <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 11:42 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Kawai UST-8G<BR><BR><BR>> Leslie W Bartlett wrote:<BR>><BR>> = >         Tuned above piano yesterday, and the lowest three = notes,<BR>bi-chords, on<BR>> > the treble bridge were almost untuneable. I wrote = pianotech from a<BR>> > "foreign address" and didn't see it show up, so = will try from here.  Is<BR>> > this "usual" for this piano. I = could stop the blocks nicely (Tunelab<BR>> > Pro), on each string, but = when played together they were horrible, and<BR>it<BR>> > was also impossible to get a clean octave at any perceived overtone.<BR>> >         Thoughts would = be appreciated.<BR>> > les bartlett<BR>> > = houston<BR>><BR>> Did you try using your ears ?? grin.  Seriously tho.. some = pianos just<BR>sound plain<BR>> bad in the lowest regions. Perhaps = voicing down might help. My experience<BR>with<BR>> some lower end Kawaiis = would make me think about getting a bit closer to<BR>the<BR>> fundemental if = I could. But Kawaii is not alone in this for sure. I have<BR>seen = a<BR>> few of the old Eastern European makes have a similiar problem... but = it<BR>seemed<BR>> like in the eastern pianos you always had this "overloaded with fabric<BR>softener"<BR>> wash of higher = overtones, and with the eastern european low ends it was<BR>because<BR>> the = whole bass was generally just plain tubby... sometimes tubby to the<BR>extreme.<BR>><BR>> Suggestion..... take a dead on 8:4 = octave by directly referencing the 4th<BR>partial<BR>> of the higher note = and tuning the 8th partial of the lower note to that...<BR>and<BR>> = walk away... Or try voicing down a bit to quite some of the higher partial<BR>wash<BR>> and see what your ear can come up with.<BR>><BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Richard Brekne<BR>> RPT, = N.P.T.F.<BR>> Bergen, Norway<BR>> <A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no" eudora="autourl">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A><BR>> <A href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html" = eudora="autourl">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A><BR>= ><BR>></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>