<HTML><HTML>Greetings,              A l= ady recently (12/05) purchased a 6' Kawaii, I dont know the model number, an= d I tuned it. She says she likes the tuning, however she says the piano soun= ds "stringy". I agreee, I would use the word twangy, though. I think this ma= y be a matter of voicing, but I am not so sure. Do these hammers need to be = hardened? I think that time will harden them up.   I am more inclined to think that it is cheap strings that are making = the twanginess or stringyness. What say you, anyone? Thanks, Julia Gottscall, Reading, PA </HTML>