<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">I'm
placing this request on the List for a friend, who is an RPT
rebuilder/technician/pianist. The piano is a Young Chang G150, Serial
#80xxx, which should put it in the '02-'03 area. It is physically
sound, cosmetically near-perfect, as much as a small grand in its price
range can be. A short time ago, the lady who owns it called to report a
loud "BANG!"...and there is now a crack right in the middle of the
range, going from an agraffe to the front-row tuning pin.</span><span style="font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">
Everything looks fine, nothing out of place, plate bearing bolt in
place correctly, no </span><span style="font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">obvious </span><span style="font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">problems
(other than the crack). He has been able to reach Sam at Young Chang,
who said that a new plate is out of the question, that model having been
superseded some time ago. What my friend would like to know is whether
anyone has, or knows of a piano of this model (cosmetics obviously not
important) with an intact plate, that might be for sale at a reasonable
price. Or, better yet, does someone just happen to have a plate for
this model taking up space in an otherwise pristine shop? (He didn't
say, but I'd think anywhere in the midwest, not too far from the Chicago
area would be preferable...Wim, I don't think he wants one from your
territory! <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/04.gif">)<br>
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Thanks in advance for any ideas or advice!<br style="font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">
</span><br><div><font face="comic sans ms"><strong><font color="#c00000">Stan Ryberg <br>Barrington IL <br><u>jstan40@sbcglobal.net</u></font></strong></font></div><br><br><div><font face="comic sans ms"><strong><font color="#c00000">Stan Ryberg <br>Barrington IL <br><u>jstan40@sbcglobal.net</u></font></strong></font></div></td></tr></table>