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<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>slight
correction carbon graphite for the jack, a very good design I'd say and =
the only
part that have some benefit of the modern material, but ABS for the =
flange and
the whippen body, and a noisy lever (screech) for an expected self =
lubricating
material (Shigeru Kawai) , plus defects due to the molding process =
leaving sharp
edges at the roller window (can be easily fine sanded, but it is not ok =
for a
piano of this price)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Not to
say that the inertia of the ABS is FELT when playing (felt as tone and =
felt as
touch, a little more emptied than modern pianos are yet usually) and you =
get the
picture why I don't accept the ABS parts so easily, even if they =
should be
proved (rest to be proved) better lasting in time, and this is not my =
experience
for the flange bushings under heavy uses.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>This
side comment apart, where is this design showed ? it can be very
interesting.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Sorry
Don, I stand my point that Kawai never understood piano touch enough =
they have
always been a tad unresponsive that is frustrating for players and techs =
as the
instruments could be more musical if so.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I
wonder if they have followed some old German designs where the front =
punching
have to be soft to allow drop (Bluthner), the lack of basement, is not =
noticed
by the pianists generally, but it is as soon as you install better front =
punching and they compare note to note, they all say it was un error to =
put
those soft punching (I talk of professional classical musicians, not
jazzmen).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>No pun
intended, just my cts , and certainly nothing personal, Don, I =
appreciate your
posting and lights anytime.! .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Isaac
OLEG.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Please
feel free not to answer that we being yet under development don't =
understand
nothing to ABS parts, that makes me smile, and take time to you
!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700552808-13022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Best
Regards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la =
part
de</B> Piannaman@aol.com<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> vendredi 13 =
février 2004
05:58<BR><B>À :</B> =
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> First
sighting of Kawai Upright with adjustable =
keyweight<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">List, <BR><BR>I =
saw one of these
Kawai uprights today(though I forget the proprietary name), and it's
interesting. I didn't get as long as I'd have liked to look it =
over, it
seems pretty simple, as in "why didn't I think of that?" There =
is a rail
parallel to the keyboard that slides fore and aft, moving the flange, =
sticker,
felt assembly to put it in the preferred position. The whole =
thing is
operated by a lever on the right cheek block. <BR><BR>One curiosity is =
that
the flanges and stickers are made of wood. Given that Kawai has =
long
used ABS parts, and has now graduated to carbon graphite for the more
expensive grand wippens, why the retro parts? Mr. Mannino? =
<BR><BR>I
think it's a great idea, and it looks very easy to service.
<BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>