<html> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" /> </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>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> </body> </html>