<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net = href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E. Ramsey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> September 09, 2003 5:27 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Money's no = object</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you want the best, and I mean the = best, at a price much less than the Fazioli, which is one of the names which came = to mind first......  I would check out the Shigeru Kawai. Imagine their = EX in a smaller size.  Heaven to voice, wonderful to tune, plenty of = power, and not the usual bright Asian tone, more of a Mason and Hamblin, but cleaner........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey, = R.P.T.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I agree. = Actually, I've not really heard the Shigeru 7-foot piano. But the 9-foot is one of the = best examples of that design type in production today. It's the piano the = Standard of the World must now look up to as a standard of performance. They don't = have much long-term history but I'd be really surprised if there were any surprises.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>