<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <P>Your dealor has some combination of these:</P> <P>1. He is uninformed, and likes being ignorant.</P> <P>2. He has a concrete mind (all mixed up and permanently set).</P> <P>3. He is an idiot (jerk, ... insert word of choice).</P> <P>4. He doesn't sell Dampp-chasers so doesn't want customer to think his precious babies every need such a thing.</P> <P>5. He likes to keep techs "in their place" and make us look like chumps.</P> <P>6. He is a a former Steinway dealor/rep, a former lawyer/politician, or somehow else has learned to be an arrogant blowhard (maybe through home study).</P> <P>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Patrick Poulson" <PCPOULSON@SBCGLOBAL.NET><BR>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 02/15/2007 2:24:31 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Noisy Yamaha Strings<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello All: Still on the Yamaha grand at issue, the one with the noisy strings. Now it turns out that the Yamaha dealer is telling my customer that installing a Damppchaser system on the piano will ruin it, and should never be done under any circumstances. Anyone know what Yamaha's official policy is on Dampp-chaser usage?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again,<BR>Patrick C. Poulson<BR>Registered Piano Technician<BR>Piano Technicians Guild</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>