<html> <body> Kevin, <x-tab>        </x-tab>Thanks for your concern. I observed at least half the backcheck leather was crumbling off and some stuck into these very deep checkering grooves. I did not change the angle but only removed the deep grooves and it regulated and plays very well with positive checking at all dynamic levels, thank you very much. <x-tab>        </x-tab>These damper levers with flanges are all wood , not ABS. This piano is roughly 10 yrs. old. Greg At 12:10 AM 2/24/2003, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>    And another BTW, I'd really wait until you hear from Don Mannino on this, before you do anything. I've worked on quite a few GE-1s and I've never seen anything like what you're telling us. Their tails are not so rough as to need attention. Are you sure you're not talking about a Samick?      Kawai, long ago, understood the principle of "opposing arch's" of movement enough to know that you don't need that kind of aggressive checkering.     And what the heck happened to the flanges? They're ABS! We have no problems with them, EVER! <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> ; <a href="mailto:MPT@philbondi.com">MPT@philbondi.com</a> <dd>Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 9:44 PM <dd>Subject: Kawai parts <dd>Greetings lists, <dd>         I have recently experienced something most puzzling. I ordered new <dd>damper levers straight from Kawai for a GE-1 played and used heavily by a <dd>"spirited" church. Is that the politically correct term we use today? <dd>Anyway, They were to be replaced because somewhere along the line the leads <dd>in more than a few had fallen out and were missing! The tray blocks and <dd>flanges also needed replacing as well as hammer re-shaping, tail reshaping <dd>and a regulation. Now what puzzles me is two fold, 1) why did the <dd>replacement parts Kawai sent me have most of there leads fallen out in the <dd>zip lock bag by the time they got to me, and 2) why is the "checkering" of <dd>the hammer tails done so aggressively as to gouge the backcheck leather? <dd>The later is not specific to Kawai as I've noticed it on quite a few other <dd>piano. Mostly cheaper brands which I don't often associate Kawai as being <dd>one of. I'm sure many of you have run across leads falling out but have you <dd>ever had the new replacements shipped to you with leads falling out? <dd>Greg Newell <dd><a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</a> <hr> <dd>_______________________________________________ <dd>pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </dl> --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<a href="http://www.grisoft.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.grisoft.com</a>). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/2003</blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> Greg Newell <a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</a></body> </html>