---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Paul, The UST8s are US made, at least for the time being. I believe they will be "outsourced" to an Asian country shortly. The quality control does not appear as tight as in the Japanese pianos. I have seen far more instances of tight and/or jumpy pins in the US models, but it's usually only one or two pins out of a couple hundred. Some of the Chinese pianos I've seen are impossible to tune because half the pins are tight and jumpy. As far as the K. Kawai vs. Kawai, can't help you there. Dave Stahl In a message dated 12/13/04 11:43:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, tubist@swbell.net writes: > I just tuned a brand new Kawai UST-8, right out of the box, on the showroom > floor. Both pins for A2 were very "jumpy." My immediate reaction was that > the pinblock might be cracked, but could something else cause this? > > Also, why do grands bear the name "K. KAWAI" while uprights just have > "KAWAI" without the initial K? Is it just marketing, like maybe the initial > is supposed to make it look fancier? > > Thanks, > Paul Mulik ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7d/5f/b8/08/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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