Shigeru techs sightings

[Jeannie Grassi]

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Dave,

I service a number of Shigerus and was fortunate enough to be allowed to =
sit
in when Master Piano Artisan Naomi Hamaguchi worked his magic on one of
them.  I was disappointed not to be able to watch MPA Otake when he =
arrived
last Spring, but later found out that he prefers working alone and would
have been uncomfortable with me there.  Kawai is trying to set up a
technicians' training program just for this reason.  I'm not sure how =
far
along it is (I'm sure Don can respond to that).  We should be respective =
of
these techs.  They are there to work on the pianos, not to train us.  =
They
all have different personalities, as do we, and it may not be =
appropriate
for us to intrude on their work.  It wouldn't hurt for us to take a step
back and realize that there are cultural differences that may also be a
factor here.

jeannie

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Jeannie Grassi, RPT

Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal

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Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 12:46 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Shigeru techs sightings

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Hello list, and Mr. Mannino in particular,=20

One of the stores I do some contract work for had a concert this past
Friday.  The store manager asked me to get a Kawai RX 6 ready for the
concert with the time I had allotted for store work.=20

I spent about 4 hours + pitch raising, tuning, lubing knuckles, and =
keypins,
and doing a minor regulation.  I thought it played and sounded purty =
danged
good when I was done. Granted, nothing had probably been done to it
regarding regulation in the two years since it had been uncrated.=20

So I called the store the next day to find out how things went and how =
the
piano performed.  Turns out, a 7 foot Shigeru had been brought in for =
the
event, and with it came one of the elusive Shigeru techs who spent some
hours on the piano, then spent a few more on the RX 6 I'd just worked =
on.
Hopefully, I did a decent job of roughing it in for him....:-)=20

So my point here is, I'd like to see one of these techs work, and find =
out
why they are so highly regarded.  Don, if at all possible, it would be
really nice to have a heads-up when something like this is going to =
happen,
so I can block out the time to come and garner a bit of knowledge and
wisdom.  It would be very valuable to me, as well as all of the =
customers of
Kawai pianos--and there are many--that I service regularly.=20

Thanks in advance,=20

Dave Stahl


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