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<font size=3>Hi Mark,<br>
<br>
Diapason was a piano company in Japan which was purchased by Kawai in the
1970s. The designs are different from Kawai's, but the construction
is essentially the same.<br>
<br>
They were sold by Kawai dealers in the US and Canada until the early
90s.<br>
<br>
Don Mannino RPT<br>
<br>
At 07:38 AM 7/13/00 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>At the college we have a very talented
Japanese student. Yesterday whe was<br>
telling me about her pianos at home. One is a Diapason, which is
Kawai,<br>
but I don't think they are sold here. She was told my the salesma
that<br>
they are "hand-made". Can anyone tell me what makes a Diapason
different<br>
from a Kawai? She says it says Diapason on the fallboard, not
Kawai.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Mark Graham<br>
Baldwin-Wallae College<br>
Berea, Ohio</font></blockquote></html>