<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US link=blue bgColor=#ffffff vLink=blue> <DIV>If it (the Howard grand) was manufactured by Kawai, it would have a Kawai decal on the sound board (at least that is what I have found in my customer's pianos)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ken Gerler</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">Leslie Bartlett</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> Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] hex size</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thank you. I read that- found the Acrosonic number, but found the Kawai one, too.  It “looked” pretty beaten up, and I thought older than Kawai number indicated- but it evidently just had a hard life……<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks again<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center SIZE=2 width="100%"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>David Nereson<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:01 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">pianotech@ptg.org</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [pianotech] hex size</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">7/32"<BR><BR>Pierce Piano Atlas says prior to 1959 and after 1968, use Acrosonic numbers.  After 1966, grands made by Kawai -- use Kawai numbers; still later, made by Samick.  <BR>There's also an R.S. Howard, made by Janssen.<BR><BR>--David Nereson, RPT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Leslie Bartlett <<A href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV vlink="purple" link="blue"> <DIV> <P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What’s the hex size to get into an <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Everett</st1:place></st1:City> piano?  Thought I had the right one in bag, and it turned out to be a Kawai leg hex.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Also  the brand “Howard”, produced by Kawai.  Does one search Kawai numbers, or <st1:place w:st="on">Baldwin</st1:place> numbers, or Acrosonic numbers to learn the age of such a thing.? </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks much</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Les bartlett</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center color=gray SIZE=1 width="100%" noShade> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=avgcert color="#000000"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">No virus found in this message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3843 - Release Date: 08/18/11<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>