<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/12/2008 6:34:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, mbjwisenbaker@juno.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>The year of manufacture of the K & C grand with the tight tuning pins was<BR>1994. Leslie Bartlett and I are both familiar with it.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Although this is not likely to be a warranty issue at this point (it's still worth asking), I like to document this kind of thing anyway for my protection and the customer's, and to give credibility to any communication I have with the factory or dealer. On representative pins, I measure the torque in the "flat" direction.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob D</FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Start the year off right. <A title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank">Easy ways to stay in shape</A> in the new year. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>