<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree!  Easy to tune, voiced nicely so that if you're tuning one at the end of the day, it won't shatter your eardrums!<br> <br> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I particularly like the RXs, and the K series uprights made in Japan are excellent instruments.<br> <br> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I feel fortunate that a huge portion of my customers have Kawais.  </font><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div id="sig2226" style="clear: both;"><font>Dave Stahl, RPT<br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> dstahlpiano.net</font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Shawn Brock <shawnbrock@fuse.net><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 8:11 pm<br> Subject: Re: KAWAI !<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_7c50de83-35ae-4d1b-ab30-84a17c35b21f"> <style>#AOLMsgPart_2_7c50de83-35ae-4d1b-ab30-84a17c35b21f .hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px}#AOLMsgPart_2_7c50de83-35ae-4d1b-ab30-84a17c35b21f BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma}</style> <div><font face="Arial">Hello Diane,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">I find the same level of ease with the new Kawai pianos hear.  In the Spring and Summer they come out of the box on or just barely above 440.  I like that!  Usually a tuning and adjusting the letoff is all we have to do.  The more Kawai products I deal with the more I like them.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Shawn</font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="dianepianotuner@msn.com" href="mailto:dianepianotuner@msn.com">Diane Hofstetter</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:13 AM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> KAWAI !</div> <div><br> </div> The store I work for in Portland just became Kawai dealers and we received our first large load of pianos last weekend.  Since we will be moving in three weeks to a new location, we are also having a big sale.    Having gone through Portland's hugest going out of business sale with another dealership just three years ago, I was worried about the tuning load.<br>  <br> But I was just astonished at how good the Kawai's sound fresh out of the boxes!  They were actually in showable condition.  In fact, I asked the movers if they had arrived uncrated, thinking maybe they had been tuned in LA before being sent up here.  But the movers said they came in crates and today I watched them uncrate one.  It was the sturdiest grand crate I have ever seen!<br>  <br> The pianos are gorgeous and it is a joy to tune them!<br> <br> Diane Hofstetter<br> </blockquote></div>  <div id='u8CA9729AE67DA44-71C-38AC' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Stay informed, get connected and more <A title="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" href="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" target="_blank">with AOL on your phone</A>.</FONT> </div>