<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 = bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>    Well, I'm not Don, but it = stands for Shigeru. Shigeru Kawai is the current patriarch of the Kawai family. He = decided to leave his legacy to the piano industry by creating the absolute best = piano he could. The line is called the, you guessed it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>    I have the honor to work with = these pianos, and I have to tell you, they are probably the best thing I've = ever worked on. They would give any other piano a run for the money, if you = were just talking musicality, as opposed to "hood-ornament" name brand = recognition. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>    I would rate them better than = Yamaha, and that's saying a lot. Clean, sweet, and with a mellow tone. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>    Have I told you I like them?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu href="mailto:dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu">David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 24, = 2001 8:05 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> S. Kawai</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ok Don, tell us, what is the S...... (can't remember how it's spelled) Kawai that is advertised in the January Journal (pg = 33)?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV><BR> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> <DIV> <HR> <FONT size=3>David M. <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>Porritt</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A = href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Southern Methodist University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> <HR> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>