S. Kawai

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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    Gee, I'm sorry Don. Of course, you are the final authority, but I =
couldn't remember if it was twenty or thirty gains per inch. Sure Looks =
like thirty.  Anyway, nice really tight grain. Very uniform grain.  Good =
boards.
    I think that our dealership does offer a pretty good price on these, =
but not below a certain level.=20
    Hey, I'm a tech, not a salesperson, and I have seen the right =
salespeople offer a rock bottom deal to a "player", knowing that word of =
mouth works better sometimes than paid advertising. And after someone =
who can really play tries one, you can tell that they are sold.=20
    Unfortunately, sometimes real players are not the ones who can =
afford the really nice ones.
Kevin E. Ramsey
ramsey@extremezone.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Donald Mannino=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:21 PM
  Subject: Re: S. Kawai


  Hi Kevin,

  Sorry, I appreciate your posts, but I need to correct a few small =
things.

  Unless your dealer is offering some funny discounts, I think the =
prices are quite a bit higher than the standard Yamaha pianos.  I have =
no idea how much the Yamaha S pianos cost, though, so maybe you meant =
the Shigeru Kawai is similar to them.

  Also, 30 grains per inch is a kind of tight for a good soundboard.  =
They maintain a fairly consistent 14 grains per inch, and don't want to =
go finer than that or the board would likely be too stiff.  The main =
thing about the boards is that the spruce is air-dried for so long =
before the final seasoning.  I think this makes a big difference in the =
tone.

  They sure are nice to play, aren't they? I sometimes spend part of my =
lunch break practicing on one of them.  We have a mighty nice SK-6 in =
the Kawai showroom right now that I have trouble staying away from.

  Don Mannino


  At 08:13 PM 1/25/01 -0700, you wrote:

        Terry wrote:
    How does price compare to a similar size Yamaha?
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    Terry Farrell
    Piano Tuning & Service
    Tampa, Florida
    mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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        Very slightly more, but have you ever seen a Yamaha "S" series? =
They were hand made too, and you can tell, so I believe the Shigeru's =
are just as good, but more reasonably priced than the handmade Yamaha's. =

        And for all of you that have been asking, yes, they are really =
"hand made". Every technician (There are only twenty) who builds these, =
work by themselves in a corner of the manufacturing plant. They are the =
Concert Techs for Kawai, training in Europe, and they also get to hand =
select the best materials over anything they have. The soundboards have =
a minimum of about 30 grains per inch.
        You get what you pay for, ( as opposed to "You get what you =
think you're paying for".)
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    Kevin E. Ramsey
    ramsey@extremezone.com

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