Plastic action parts

[Don]

Hi Terry,

My understanding is that carbon graphite has been added to the abs--just as
in tennis rackets. I believe everything in the action stack other than the
hammer shank and hammer molding are made from this material in grands

At 11:06 AM 21/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>   Interesting. Is it that the parts that were ABS, are now 
>carbon-graphite? Or have the ABS parts remained and now other parts are 
>carbon-graphite? And what might have the carbon graphite parts  replaced?  
>Maybe I just need to go to a dealer and have them pull an  action for
>me.....   Thanks for the tip. I generally like Kawais. You, or  someone
>else, mentioned the EX (I think) series of pianos. I have not heard of 
>that. I am somewhat familiar with the RX series and service a few of them.
>Is  the EX the latest and greatest? How might it compare with the Yamaha C
>series (I  am quite familiar with the Yamys - I make about 500 service
>calls to Yamaha C3s  a year).   Thanks.   Terry Farrell    
>In a message dated 12/21/04    5:29:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>terry@farrellpiano.com writes:    
>
>   I am generally aware of the ABS thing Kawai has been doing, but     
>what was their "next step" and what is different about their "new action"  
>   and when did that change occur? 
>
>
>
>
>Terry, 
>
> Don't know about the verticals.    
>
>Dave Stahl 
> 

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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