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<div>Stéphane,</div>
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<div>Your comments bother me. Maybe it's because I don't understand
the French culture. If so, then that's my problem. But here's my
shoot from the hip at your shots:</div>
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<div>At 8:35 PM +0100 2/24/04, Stéphane Hanriat wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">... A master
Piano Artisan is nothing but a registered piano technician who holds a
special degree delivered by Kawai Japan.</font></blockquote>
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<div>That is so much more than an RPT!</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">This means
that he or she has been trained in Japan Kawai lab, working on concert
grands and shigeru kawai brand.</font></blockquote>
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<div>That is a fairly significant reality.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">The master
Piano Artisan is, in principle, the only one having the right to
service Shigeru Kawai pianos (this can be a</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">problem,
since your dealer might tell you he is not allowed to do anything
except tuning).</font></blockquote>
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<div>While that could be an inconvenience in some situation, I find
that to be a valuable asset for the Shigeru piano line and its
owners.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite> <font face="Arial"
size="-1">Usually, a piano technician has to do several trainings
(once a year) to keep his license to service the
shigeru's...</font></blockquote>
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Rightly so.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">It's my
feeling that Kawai considers the Shigeru as the "jewels of the
crown", which is a bit over-estimated.</font></blockquote>
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<div>Not in my book. The 7' Shigeru I experienced was like the crown
jewel of the entire exhibit hall's inventory last year.</div>
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<div>It was like I sat down at a piano that someone knew what needed
to be done before the purchase rather than finding out all that needed
to be done after the purchase.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">According</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">to Kawai,
you can or need to do only very little things on the shigeru's,
and only the MPA can do it. This is likely</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">over-estimating those instruments.</font></blockquote>
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<div>Keep on believing that, because I certainly don't.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I have no
doubt that any experienced piano technician can service those
pianos...</font></blockquote>
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<div>That obviously depends on your definition of 'experienced'. Some
of us so-called experienced piano technicians could easily undermine
the instrument's performance level in one innocent visit.</div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000">C'est du moins mon
opinion</font>, neh?</div>
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<div>Keith</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Keith
McGavern <span
></span
> <span
></span
> <span
></span> Texas State Association</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Registered Piano
Technician <span
></span> SOONER SPRING
SEMINAR</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Oklahoma Chapter
731 <span
></span
> <span
></span> March 11-14, 2004</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Piano Technicians
Guild <span
></span
> <span
></span> http://www.ptg.org/tsa/</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">USA</font></div>
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