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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would have to echo Don's attitude =
toward a
product which is one of the best on the market today. I do quite a bit =
of work
on new Kawai's. I'll tell you one thing right now, if I could buy ABS
replacement parts for my Yamaha, I'd do it in a heartbeat. They are that =
much
better than wood. I have never seen any burrs or irregularities on =
any of
them. Many of you have never been near a Shigeru Kawai. I have had the =
good
fortune to be in charge of several of them, and I'll tell you this... =
They'll
blow the doors off of anything coming out of Steinway, either New =
York or
Hamburg.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps the reason I didn't respond to =
this
earlier, is that I don't get Isaac's posts...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donmannino@comcast.net =
href="mailto:donmannino@comcast.net">Donald
Mannino</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=oleg-i@noos.fr
href="mailto:oleg-i@noos.fr">oleg-i@noos.fr</A> ; <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 14, =
2004 11:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: ABS Parts and =
Objectivity of
Posting</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Isaac,<BR><BR>You are entitled to your =
opinions,
but really, what you state is really a lot of crazy talk. =
Perhaps this
is partially caused by your having to post to this list in your second =
language - it is understandable that your writing would not be as =
clear and
carefully phrased as it should be.<BR><BR>Those who have been to my =
seminars
know that I do not hold back in criticizing Kawai pianos in those =
areas where
I am aware of faults. If I knew of the problems you have =
described, I
would not bother to write and argue against them - that is not my way, =
and I
value my personal integrity too much to do so.<BR></FONT><FONT
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