Don, It probably all goes back to the "plastic" elbows! Avery At 11:32 AM 12/19/04, you wrote: >You know, it's kind of funny - Kawai has used ABS since 1968 - 36 years >without any brittleness, cracking, weakening, etc. Yet people still call >it into question. > >When Kawai first introduced the ABS, people said, "Yeah, but let's see how >they are after 10 years." 10 years went by and the parts still worked >great, and people said, "yeah, but let's see how they are after 20 >years." 20 years passed and people said, "Yeah, but let's see how they >are after 30 years." Now the parts have been working well for 30 years >with no degradation, but people won't be happy until 50 or 100 years have >passed. > >And then you read threads on this list about the piano business stagnating >and not innovating. Gee, I wonder why? > >Don Mannino, RPT >Kawai America > > >At 08:29 AM 12/18/2004, you wrote: >>Phil, thank you for your response. I would like to feel the way you do >>about the modern plastics, but manufacturers probably said that when they >>first began to use plastics. Let's give current composites another 30 to 40 >>years and see how long they last. We DO know how long wood flanges last. >>Joy! >>Elwood >> >>Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT >>Piano Technician/Technical Director >>Department of Music >>145 Fine Arts Building >>University of Tennessee at Martin >>Martin, TN 38238 >>731-881-1852 > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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