On Feb 3, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > I brought this up a couple years ago--cracks (separation) between > the inner and outer rims in a Kawai grand. Different piano, out of > warranty and I've got customers interested in purchasing it. I had > a pleasant talk with Mark Wisner at Kawai. If the piano was in > warranty, the repair would be the ol' flip the piano over, fill 'em > up with epoxy, sand and touch up the finish on the bottom of the > rim. I could find a mover to help me do the job, but I was > wondering if anybody out there has ever heard of a problem caused > by these separations. Noise? Obviously, I don't know how long the > cracks have been there; the piano, a KG-2, is about 15 years old. > I am inclined to say, "let's just leave it and if there's ever a > problem we'll fix it"--unless someone gives me a good reason not to... Barbara, I think you're right, i.e. "leave it..." I did the epoxy thing on a new Kawai (GM-2, with PianoDisc) a few years ago. The piano was in a showroom for several months and exhibited no problems at all. A customer became interested in the piano and had her tuner inspect the piano. The tuner discovered the separations and declared that the piano should be sent back to Kawai. I discussed the situation with Don Mannino, who convinced me that the separations were not catastrophic. I then did the flip-and- fill. Following the procedure, I was convinced that it was probably not necessary, except for an owner who might want to install a mirror or chassis cam underneath. The piano sold and I haven't heard from it since. Cliff Lesher Winfield, PA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100203/4d1e6f60/attachment.htm>
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