<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Can anyone explain exactly what is a "resin surfacer sheet"? What = are it's physical characteristics? How is it used? Thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ANRPiano@AOL.COM = href="mailto:ANRPiano@AOL.COM">ANRPiano@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <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> Friday, June 22, 2001 = 7:42 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Early Asian = pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 6/21/2001 9:32:02 AM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:glenn@graftonpiano.com">glenn@graftonpiano.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">BTW, I want to point out that referring to this as an = "Asian piano" <BR>lumps all pianos together that are made in Korea, Japan, = China, etc. <BR>It would be better to refer to it as a Korean piano, which = a <BR>Schaeffer Piano is. The underlying reason why the polyester = cracked <BR>is because they did not use a resin surfacer sheet on top of the = <BR>wood. Yamaha does and as a result this type of damage is almost <BR>unheard of on a Yamaha. We have seen it on other pianos, = including <BR>Boston pianos which lack the resin surfacer sheet. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Thank-you for pointing this out.  I have = seen this problem on a number of <BR>Asian pianos and 1960s European pianos = and never new the cause other than the <BR>wood moving underneath the = finish.  I have seen it on an early Kawai, but <BR>your right, I cannot = remember seeing it on a Yamaha.   <BR><BR>Andrew Remillard</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>