Pinning and Tone

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:04:00


Hi Don,

If I am reading this correctly you are saying that Kawai flanges are still
somewhat affected by humidity change. Do you mean wooden parts or ABS?

At 10:19 AM 10/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
--Original Message-----
>Now I work mostly with Kawai parts, and the bushings are very firm with
mostly 
>excellent control of the hammer.  In dry climates they sometimes get too
thin in 
>tone because the hammer center bushings dry out and become too loose, and 
>repinning them to fit the climate brings the power back up in the tone.  

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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