Bill. I have to ask. Did that price include Mike's air-fare over and back so that he could pick them up in person? :) Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Bill Ballard wrote: > I should have finished the paragraph before sending iit off: > > I had order to felts (for Model K) from Steinway, and tried to shake > loose the round damper blocks (with overdamper wires) which the factory > puts into the Model K. Glorie told me that the blocks are part and parecl > of the sets which NY orders for its own production inventory from Hamburg > (more likely, Renner). I'f I wanted one such set, I would have to special > order the set from Hamburg, through NY, wait nearly a month for the > shipment, and be prepared to pay the freight. Does anyone else remember a > post about two years ago, about asking Stwy NY for a set of Hamburg > hammers factory-glued to NY shanks. (Hamburg hammers because it a C and > Hamburg was the only source for C hammers, and NY shanks because it was a > NY C. Eventually Mike Mohr emailed in the explanation as to why this > particular combo cost, what was it, $1400? Please, let's not get into > that one again....) > > Mr. Bill >
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