<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Don,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your kind explaination about = Otake-San.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know our french = MPA.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is only one MPA in France right now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a seminar with him and Naomi = Hamaguchi last year, and this was an excellent experience for me and all the techs who = went there too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you say there are 20 Kawai MPA's, = do you mean there are only 20 in the world?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would say it is great for us (in = france) to have one of these masters.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the french MPA is very opened to every = question we have, and it is always a pleasure to learn things from him.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He also makes some classes for the = apprentices in the French piano technology school.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you have an idea of Naomi = Hamaguchi's age? He seemed young to me... Is he more than 30??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>what struck me is that every MPA seems = to have his own way to get THE result he wants, every tech seems to have his own = tips and techniques.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At least, that's what I could see in = the last Kawai Seminar.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>