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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=byronquam@shaw.ca href="mailto:byronquam@shaw.ca">Byron =
Quam</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 15, =
2005 9:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re-attach metal grill =
on Yamaha
music desk</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times =
New Roman">I
have a customer with a Yamaha console piano made in 1976. There is no =
model
number that I can see but there is a C before the serial number and it =
is
about 42 inches high. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT face="Times New =
Roman"><FONT size=3>The
music desk had a metal grill attached but the plastic material that
held <SPAN class=406514102-16112005>this grill</SPAN> in =
place has
disintegrated (became brittle and shattered). I'm wondering if anyone =
else has
run into such a problem and how they re-attached the metal grill.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Byron
Quam</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Byron,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> I have a foolproof -works =
every time -no
charge to the customer fix.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> Step 1: remove the metal =
grill from the
rack.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> Step 2: Take the grill =
outside (Best if
near a large body of water)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> Step 3: Throw grill as far as =
you are
able - preferably into the aforementioned ocean with the tide going
out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> Seriously--These "Design" =
features have
no business on a piano.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial
=
size=2> &nbs=
p;
I would explain to the client that Yamaha discontinued the use of this =
design
and you will be happy to follow their lead and remove the grill
.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> Best =
wishes,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> Tom Driscoll
RPT</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>