<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the info, Don.  It seems like much care was put into building this piano!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave S.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/14/05 9:46:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, donmannino@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =3>The RX-A was the predecessor to the current SK-5.  It was, indeed, a very nice= piano with a lot of power.<BR><BR>The action had the composite jack, and A= BS wippen flanges.  The ABS wippens and hammer flanges were not introduc= ed until 1996, after the RX-A was out of production.<BR><BR>By the way - I am= doing my Kawai carbon action program this week in Long Island, NY (Broadwa= y Piano) and Memphis, TN (Lane Music) if anyone on the list would like to come.  The NY program is Tuesday afternoon / evening (paired with a voicing program) and Memphis is Friday night, I think.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>= </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>