Repair for speaker cabinet

Have you had work done by piano repair shop?

Yeah good insight! I have the R3 which have a black lacquer finish. I talked to KEF and they suggested a carpenter but I am in the midst of contacting a cabinet maker company as they seem to be the best option so far.

KEF was helpful in that they gave me the color code for the correct paint to use to finish the project.

thanks for your help! 🙏🏽 I am not sure how to post pics here as it is not very user friendly.  Otherwise I would have posted it along with request for help.

@deep_333 they weren’t Amazon stands but they weren’t the screw down type as I was living as a geo-bachelor before returning home after retirement from Army Civilian service so it wasn’t a big deal before because I am super careful and no kids or cats around. I was planning to get the KEF stands but the kitty beat me to it. So I went and purchased R11’s. They are floor standing at 80lbs each. I normally shoot her out of office where system is but was in a meeting and she snuck in and did what cats do. 😂 

@asvjerry yes my heart sank when I heard the bang and saw the Siamese kitty flying out the room! It’s my daughter’s cat and she feels horrible about it too. If only it would have went a little farther out it would have hit a pretty dense mat that is under the peloton and maybe did minimal dent or something. But it is what it is! That’s cool about the Tabby. My daughter loves cats and would like to see it.

thanks for all the feedback. It helps and as always gives perspective from others to gain knowledge 👍🏽👍🏽

So what happened was I work from home and my audio setup is in my office. I was busy in a meeting and my daughters cat came in and decided to try and use the R3 as a perch and must have jumped to hard on it or landed awkward and it went flying. To my shock and horror I heard band and then the cat flying out of the room and speaker laying on floor. They were on stands but not the KEF stands that allow bolting to keep it steady. I went therapy shopping and ended up getting KEF R11’s that are floor standing. I think I found a furniture repair guy to fix the R3 so I may keep them for another room/setup.

Love and let live I guess 😂 

@blackbag20 thanks I sent pics to a guy yesterday so waiting to see what he says.

the good thing is there is no other damage and they still sound great! 👍🏽 

@kijanki my thoughts exactly. I used to be good when I was a kid and my hobby was building and painting model cars. Not so much anymore. I switched to detailing  cars and that’s my new hobby.  I will leave it to the professionals 😂 

@incorrigable thanks for feedback! I have a furniture repair guy coming Friday. Let’s hope he can make it look good again! I look forward to seeing what they can do.

Thank you sir! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Thank you for the kind advice and I will pass this to the guy that is coming today. Hope he is able to help it look better. Worse case scenario is I give them to my daughter as a gift and she can have the memory compliments of her cat. 🐈‍⬛ lol.

I took the screens of the R11’s as I thought she might try and sharpen her nails on them but now this also gives me pause.

i just need to keep her out of the room as best I can and keep door closed when away.  It’s a challenge to say the least.

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