<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've run into a few of these over the = years. I generally like Kawai pianos, but not this one. This piano has no front legs? Poor tuning stability, yes. Set your leg under the = keybed and lift up on the bottom of the keybed with your leg - sucker bends all = over the place. IMHO, a cheap cruddy piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The upper-end Kawai uprights can be = quite nice pianos - much like the Yamaha uprights.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To address your problems: I recommend = replacement if the owner is not happy with it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <BR><A = href="http://www.farrellpiano.com" target=_blank><IMG src="http://www.mymailsignature.com/fwpdata/f2/25/55/52/7CB43BC1-F2C7-4= 1C6-9528-56F753AD6856sig.png" border=0></A> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=smartin@dodo.com.au = href="mailto:smartin@dodo.com.au">Steve Martin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 07, 2004 = 4:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fw: Kawai CX-5H = question.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for the repeat but could all = who respond to this please do so to my email address as well as the list as I cant = enter the pianotech site without an illegal op. coming up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=smartin@dodo.com.au href="mailto:smartin@dodo.com.au">Steve = Martin</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 08, 2004 6:24 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Kawai CX-5H question.</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder if anyone can help. The = Kawai CX5H is about 7 or 8 years old and has pretty much been dogged by problems = most of its short life. I started looking after it about 5 yrs ago and first up = all the tuning pins had gone rusty so we had to fix that. The people are very = lovely but at the same time are not at all content with their shiny almost = new Kawai piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tuning stability of the thing is = not good at all!! We installed a dampp chaser earlier in the year and although = this has helped with sticking notes it has not done a great deal for the tuning.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The people have national and = international musicians staying with them and playing their piano and of course are = quite embaressed by the whole affair. So much so in fact that they're = thinking of asking Kawai to take back their piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's one thing that I did think of = and was wondering whether anybody else has done it and that is to build back = posts into the piano? What do ya'll think??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also the action shudders when a key = is hit hard does anyone know why this is? I also pulled up quite a bit of = lost motion a month ago in the piano and went back 2 weeks ago and there was = almost as much there as before I pulled it up???!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd appreciate any comments and = anyone elses experience with the CX-5H.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks ahead of time for your thoughts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve = Martin.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><A href="http://www.mymailsignature.com/?partner=ZGzeb001" = target=_blank><IMG src="http://www.mymailsignature.com/sig.jsp" border=0></A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>