Yamaha Quits Schaff

[Farrell]

Oh great. Now that I finally found a good source for damper felt! Figures.
:-(

> >Try the Tokiwa  pre-cut dampersets from Pacific/Brooks to replace
> >the loss of Yamaha parts.

So, who/what is Tokiwa? Where did they come from? I realize they make action
parts. What else do they make? Where are they located. Are they just a
little (big?) company that make action stuff? Kinda like a Renner-Korea (or
wherever)?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:10 PM
Subject: RE: Yamaha Quits Schaff


> At 12:26 PM -0500 10/24/01, John M. Formsma wrote:
> >Before we all get out of sorts, is this confirmed and what is the
source(s)?
>
> Danielle at Schaff.

(snip (Ron!))

> At 6:30 AM -0700 10/24/01, DALE ERWIN wrote:
> >Try the Tokiwa  pre-cut dampersets from Pacific/Brooks to replace
> >the loss of Yamaha parts.
>
> These are very good felts. The flats for the most part don't oink,
> but I did run into some difficulty with the plain tri-chord wedges on
> a M&H AA whose gaps between strings on a note were a little wider
> than the size of these Tokiwa wedges. I'm going to miss the vertical
> felts the most (the U1 and U3 sets).
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "I'll play it and tell you what it is later...."
>      ...........Miles Davis
> +++++++++++++++++++++
>