In a message dated 96-03-10 00:57:39 EST, you write: >Just the jacks and backchecks are plastic, altho I didn't check the dampers >(yikes!). The jack flanges and whippens are wooden. I'm not worried about >the backchecks since they don't actually get pounded. > > Watch out! Those checks are fragile and will break at the slightest provocation- worse the customer will expect you to foot the bill. This is experience speaking here. Elizabeth opened a Knabe yesterday, pieces of backchecks all over the keys. Fortunately the piano had no sentimental value to anyone. As Cousin Bubba says: "Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement." All the best from Bubba, Dale Probst & Elizabeth Ward Registered Piano Technicians Ward & Probst, Inc. Piano & Organ Service Wichita Falls, TX
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