<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>    Terry wrote:</DIV> <DIV>How does price compare to a similar size Yamaha?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><U><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></U> </DIV> <DIV>    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. = </DIV> <DIV>    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.</DIV> <DIV>    You get what you pay for, ( as opposed to "You = get what you think you're paying for".)</DIV> <DIV>    </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV></= BODY></HTML>