<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type charset=UTF-8 content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/23/2003 2:04:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, Piannam= an@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>A Kawai UST-7 is every bit the workho= rse that a P-22 is.  I've worked on the P-22 and the UST7, and I've fou= nd them to be really durable institutional pianos.  Don't know much abo= ut the new Samick studios.   <BR><BR>The only Kawais I've ever heard of= being sold on the net are Digital Pianos.  I suspect some kind of shad= y dealer activity.  Did the piano you spoke of come with a warranty, or= was the warranty voided because of the way it was sold? </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE= ></DIV> <DIV>Dave,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I agree about the UST-7. I have seen many over the years, and aside fro= m the occaisional re-pinning of hammer flanges have had no complaints. As fo= r the warrantee, your guess is as good as mine. The customer was not willing= to discuss that with me. I suspect that this might be a grey market situati= on. I can only guess that the customer is currently trying to get some kind = of satisfaction from the "dealer" or what ever sort of entity he purchased i= t from.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>will wickham</DIV></BODY></HTML>