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<DIV>Dale, Ron</DIV>
<DIV>So....after all the bantering back and forth, I've learned a few things.
Thank to all!! You guys are wealth of information.</DIV>
<DIV>My initial gut feeling ( I think) was correct after all, in that this was
too much tension for this instrument.</DIV>
<DIV>Tom Servinsky</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:28
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Scaling</DIV>
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<DIV> <STRONG> <FONT size=3><EM>Tom</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><EM><STRONG> Got it. SO the message now is...
don't' assume anything! Now I'm curious about the overall scale tension of
this model. I've frankly always been a fan of the 500. What do I
know</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><EM><STRONG> Dale:</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the record, this Kawai had all sizes in
American. All wire sizes were accurate with American measurements.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I initially evaluated the instrument and
saw the #14 at the top, my first inclination was to assume that it was a
#13.5 string.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have done a number of Kawai's and Yamaha's in
the past were the size measurement were 1/2 size larger in all cases. Thus,
my curiosity as to why this was different raised several concerns. Could
this have been a mistake from the factory?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or could this be the result of another
technician miss-reading the initial readings and stringing with incorrect
sizes?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom
Servinsky</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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