<HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>RX-2 is 5'10"'</DIV> <DIV>RX-3 is 6'1''</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Wisner<BR><BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: David Ilvedson <ILVEY@SBCGLOBAL.NET><BR>Sent: Jan 17, 2007 8:29 AM <BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org <BR>Subject: Re: comparison <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type" /></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" leftmargin="7" topmargin="7" rightmargin="7" bottommargin="7"><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>How big is the RX2 and the RX3</DIV> <DIV><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Erwinspiano@aol.com<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 1/17/2007 12:48:26 AM<BR>Subject: Re: comparison<BR><BR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>     I happen to enjoy the sound of the Kawai Rx series.  Go for Rx-3 & call it a day. To my ear the Kawai is a more complex & dark sound than the Yamah product.  I can extract a lot of tonal  shades from the Kawai.  Yamaha in general are more one dimensional tonally.  That's not to say I'm not a fan of Yamaha but I'm not fond of the C-5's I've serviced.  </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  However bigger in most cases is better.  That's my final answer</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>JMO</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></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> <DIV>On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:31 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:</DIV> <DIV>List,</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <P>I have a customer looking at a 1990 Yamaha C5 (apparently little used..I will inspect) and a new RX2.  For about the same price.  Any input on your preference?</P><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> <DIV>I'd point them toward the C5 unless you know the RX2 to be a magnificent anomaly: a huge-sounding piano.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>C series Yamahas are the best manufactured instruments, IMO.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>David Andersen</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>