Maninno/Kawai/ABS

[Harrison Smith]

I'm not trying to sound like a salesman but, with over 15 years representing
Kawai I have seen no problems with any ABS parts in any Kawai that I have
sold or serviced.  As matter of fact,  I don't ever recall any broken ABS
parts in any Kawai piano in my area and we have an average of over 2,000
Kawai pianos in churches, schools, colleges, and homes.  It is likely that
the piano action model was broken under circumstances unseen in normal piano
playing conditions.  Who knows, it could have been used in the experiment
conducted by Dr. Sadat.  Don Mannino's article and Dr. Sadat's statistical
conclusions should be proof that Kawai builds the most advanced acoustic
piano in the world.  Hey, nobody else is trying.

Just a piano tech that has a piano store:)

Harrison Smith


----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Maninno/Kawai/ABS


> Sy,
>
> I also found the article on Kawai and ABS very interesting.  My question
is a
> loaded one.  I will begin putting on the flame suit now.  If their plastic
is
> an improvement then while in Hamamatsu last summer looking through their
> dealer showroom in the city that manufactures these,  I found a piano
> cut-a-way model on the floor that represented the last octave or so.  In
this
> piano all the plastic hammer flanges were broken.  I tried to ask why but
no
> one there spoke english.  Why?  Sy, you are a Kawai dealer... right?  =)
>
> Just asking?
>
> Ed Tomlinson
>