Kawai

[Greg Newell]

Ronald R Shiflet wrote:
>
>         I hope my original post about Kawai was not misunderstood.  Let
> me say first that Kawai is one of my favorite pianos.  Their level of
> precision and quality are amazing.  Tunability?...They're easy to tune.
>         What I was trying to say is that you just cannot take a piano,
> tune and regulate it, then strap down the parts during transit and
> expect it to be perfect when you unstrap it at the other end.  It
> doesn't matter who made the piano, when you uncrate it, it is going to
> need some work and any dealer who doesn't prep his pianos is a fool.
>         I've worked for dealers who tried to increase their margins a
> little by selling Chinese pianos.  They lost big time when they paid their technicians to keep them running.  We would go out planning to tune
> and end up leveling the keys also.  I have also uncrated $40,000 pianos
> only to end up spending 4 days getting the glitches out and the parts
> aligned.
>         I'll be spending this morning, with my customer who recently
> purchased a Korean grand.  I have told her for 5 years to buy a Kawai.
> She got cheap and took the junker.  Now she's frustrated because it
> won't play right.  Among other things I'll be telling her, I will tell
> her that when she tunes it every 6 months, she'll need to plan on
> spending an equal amount in repairs.  This is what became of the money
> she originally saved.
>         When you uncrate a Kawai, plan on spending 30 minutes regulating
> and 3 tunings over the next 2 weeks.  Oh, how I wish, that all pianos
> were this easy !!!
>
> Ron Shiflet
>


I'll second this whole post! Thanks Ron!!
                                   Greg
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