Hi Terry, My understanding is that carbon graphite has been added to the abs--just as in tennis rackets. I believe everything in the action stack other than the hammer shank and hammer molding are made from this material in grands At 11:06 AM 21/12/2004 -0500, you wrote: > Interesting. Is it that the parts that were ABS, are now >carbon-graphite? Or have the ABS parts remained and now other parts are >carbon-graphite? And what might have the carbon graphite parts replaced? >Maybe I just need to go to a dealer and have them pull an action for >me..... Thanks for the tip. I generally like Kawais. You, or someone >else, mentioned the EX (I think) series of pianos. I have not heard of >that. I am somewhat familiar with the RX series and service a few of them. >Is the EX the latest and greatest? How might it compare with the Yamaha C >series (I am quite familiar with the Yamys - I make about 500 service >calls to Yamaha C3s a year). Thanks. Terry Farrell >In a message dated 12/21/04 5:29:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, >terry@farrellpiano.com writes: > > I am generally aware of the ABS thing Kawai has been doing, but >what was their "next step" and what is different about their "new action" > and when did that change occur? > > > > >Terry, > > Don't know about the verticals. > >Dave Stahl > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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