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[Avery Todd]

Thanks Jim. :-)

Avery

At 07:46 PM 10/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I think not. If it is a Kawai Howard with that serial number, then the
>Kawai numbers puts the age at 1966. This also agrees with the damper
>arrangement you're describing at that time.
>
>There should be other identifiers of a Kawai, such as the doughnut shape
>balancier support, screw adjustable repetition lever, perhaps a
>spring-assisted wippen flange, and so on.
>
>Kawai's of the 60~70's era had model numbers like 350, 500, 600, etc. I'm
>not real sure, but don't recall an "in-house" number of 550. That number
>may have been reserved for the Howards to differentiate the product. If
>that's the case, it should be a 6' grand.
>
>Notice how I've carefully side-stepped the main subject of changing the
>felt? <G>
>
>Jim Harvey, RPT
>
>
>At 01:47 PM 10/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Was Kawai really building Howards in 1930?  Sounds way too early.
> >
> >-Brian Henselman
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU>
> >   I have a Howard No. 550 #217591 (1930 according to Pierce) in
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