It's hard to tell with a piano like that. Sometimes the buyer and seller can split the cost of a tuning to at least get it up to pitch and see how it sounds. If its got a beefy enough plate the backposts may not be necessary. If it meets the clients needs and the price is right, it could be a reasonable choice for someone starting out. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>wrote: > Looked at a 504QA for a potential buyer today. Nice case, action like-new, > but badly out of tune at least 100cents flat, and a very flimsy > soundboard/ribs/bridge assembly and no backposts. Kawai's current model > listings don't include this model, and their decorator console now features > backposts. Looks like a "run don't walk" situation, but I would appreciate > any experiential info that anyone might have regarding tuning stability or > early failure modes. > > thanks > > Mike > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100408/83ccb2dc/attachment.htm>
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