<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Tokai</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I have worked on one.  It tuned fine and sounded good, but had some action regulation issues. The people bought it in CA, I think, before they moved here (MO).  The touch was quite heavy in the showroom, reportedly, and they asked the dealer to fix that.  He did, sort of.  The fix was to torque the wippen assist springs up to the point that repetition was seriously compromised.  I came on the scene a few years later.  I re-adjusted the springs, but of course it was heavier again, though not as bad as it originally was.  I told her to play it a while and  if it was too heavy there were other things I could do.  She had to cancel my next visit because of a death in her family, life got sidetracked, and I’ve never been back. Other than that, it seemed to be an OK piano. Regards, Ken Z. On 7/17/08 12:51 PM, "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Do any of you have any experience with Tokai pianos?  I used to tune one years ago and did some action regulation on it and my recollection is not particularly positive.  A friend knows of one for sale and wants some information about it.   Anything you know is more than I know.   Thanks,   dp </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Ken Zahringer, RPT University of Missouri School of Music </BODY> </HTML>