Don Mannino might also be able to help with a contact there. Avery At 06:39 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote: >Hi Chris,You might contact Makito Fujimoto 81-42-720-3752 >You most likely will not need all those numbers but I do not know the system >there. >He is a local tech that could possibly help >His email is mail at piano-re.com >Tell my good friend konechiwa >Joe Goss RPT >Mother Goose Tools >imatunr at srvinet.com >www.mothergoosetools.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Christopher Witmer" <cdwitmer at spamcop.net> >Cc: <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:07 PM >Subject: Re: Need to find someone who can repair a broken plate > > > > Alan Barnard wrote: > > > > > how did you edit the pictures with > > > the cool spotlight effect? > > > > Sorry, I don't know how that effect was done -- a friend did it for me. > > > > > what kind of piano is this and why does it have so much value > > > > This is a very special, rare upright piano (fewer than 100 were built) > > with a sound and action that could easily be mistaken for a high-quality > > grand piano. In fact, my daughter who studies at a local conservatory of > > music says she has never found a piano as fun to play as this one. I > > have seven children who are all serious about music and this piano is an > > important and irreplaceable part of their education. There is simply not > > room in our house for a grand piano -- even a baby grand. (And after > > having been "spoiled" on this piano, they would have a hard time being > > satisfied with the inferior sound and playability that has characterized > > every baby grand we've seen so far.) > > > > > Are you a piano tech? Working in Japan? > > > > I work in Japan, but am not a piano technician (unless owning a bunch of > > books on the subject can be said to qualify me). > > > > Again, thanks for any help folks on this list might be able to give me. > > > > Chris Witmer > > Tokyo > > > > >> [Original Message] > > >> From: Christopher Witmer <cdwitmer at spamcop.net> > > >> Subject: Need to find someone who can repair a broken plate > > >> > > >> I have an irreplaceable upright piano that my whole family thinks the > > >> world of, about 10 years old, now suffering from a broken plate.
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