<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  Barb</FONT></DIV> <DIV>  You' are waaay cool. I'm such a fan. Please Go to Rochester so Dennis & I can buy you a beer!!   HEY .. now Dean... listen to her.   Voicing = sustain.....voicing =equals  sustain...voicing....   Dean you come too.   I know that in the case of true analyticals they have to have AAALLLL the facts before they make a decision but they aren't piano tuners long if they are. Dean I know that's not your problem.grin</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <DIV>.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I seem to recall you've had the same complaints about Kawais in the past, Dean.  <STRONG>Not to sound like your<U> <FONT size=4>mother</FONT></U> or anything, but, haven't you tried voicing them</STRONG> yet?!  :-)   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>-----<FONT face=Arial color=black><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dale wrote:   I really like the Kawai grands in general. The tone is far more interesting than it's other Japanese competitor & I can do wonderful things with the voicing . </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These are pianos with original hammers that have probably never had a needle stuck in them. Is this a hammer/voicing problem?</SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoAutoSig><B><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" color=navy size=6><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bradley Hand ITC'">Dean</SPAN></FONT></B></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Dean May</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">             cell 812.239.3359</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Terre Haute</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">IN</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">  </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">47802</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>