Terry, they're Japanese. It's really good felt, and they're very easy to use. I've used them on problem S&S's, and they're as good as Yamaha. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Yamaha Quits Schaff > 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 > > +++++++++++++++++++++ > >
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