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...Duclos spends enough time on the fairways to keep his handicap at a respectable 6. Besides the Long Beach home, Duclos and his wife Mollie own a vacation cottage near the famed Old Course at St. Andrews. Off the links, he relaxes by playing Beethoven and Mozart on a Kawai grand piano, accompanied by a $17,000 Kurzweil synthesizer that can replicate the sound of a symphony orchestra...
Their faces are soft and pretty, their voices tender and sweet. When it comes to pop music, the Japanese like their stars young and female. Last week the top of the pops belonged to a handful of singers - Hiroko Yakushimaru, Akina Nakamori, Naoko Kawai and Tomoyo Harada- whose claim to fame owes more to their winsome good looks than their modest vocal talent. Says Shig Fujita, an entertainment writer for the Asahi Evening News...
Also currently riding high are Nakamori's throaty Twilight, Kawai's lively Escalation and Harada's The Maiden Who Takes Time, a simple ballad sung in a childlike voice over a gentle rock beat. The best-selling album is Kirei (Pretty) by the Southern All-Stars, a Beach Boys clone making a comeback after ten years of declining popularity. But the Japanese are not entirely immune to international pop trends: No. 2 on the album charts is the sound track from Flashdance. Come to think of it, there's a pretty face in that...
Anyone who is considering purchasing a piano or organ will be misled by your article. Foreign imports such as Yamaha and Kawai are not better values than the Wurlitzer. I have sold Wurlitzer products for 20 years, as well as more than 40 other brands, including Japanese and Korean models. No other manufacturer has maintained the consistent high quality of Wurlitzer...
...problem Wurlitzer will face no matter what the economy does is growing competition from low-cost, high-quality foreign imports. Japanese-made pianos and organs from such manufacturers as Yamaha and Kawai have already captured 25% of the U.S. market, and industry experts expect the share to keep growing...