<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>K Kawai</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>K. Kawai is just what Kawai puts on the grands.  The K. is in honor of Koichi Kawai, the founder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gary Fluke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Snohomish, WA</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotuner@embarqmail.com href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</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> Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> K Kawai</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>This will sound ridiculous, but please bear in mind that I live in the rural Ozarks where old Gulbransens go to die ... or AFTER they are dead, actually. I don't see a lot of quality pianos, here.<BR><BR>Is K. Kawai the same as Kawai? <BR><BR>If purchasing a new 56-foot-ish grand, what comments have ye regarding Kawai vs. Yamaha?<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>