<!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 6.00.2900.2873" 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> <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> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the record, this Kawai had all sizes in American. All wire sizes were accurate with American measurements. </FONT></DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>