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Hi Willem,<br>
No big suprise, we chipped a toe block on an Asian piano, found out the
block was a strip of metal built up with Styrofoam.<br>
Regards roger<br>
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At 09:15 PM 4/2/01 -0400, you wrote: <br>
<font face="arial" size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>I just found out
something about the cases of Young Chang consoles. A <br>
customer was moving a console piano on a truck, which was involved in an
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accident, causing the piano to tip over. Among the parts that were
damaged <br>
were the sides. When my refinisher evaluated the sides, he discovered
that <br>
the material wasn't even particle board, which is what a lot of piano
case <br>
parts are made out of now. The sides of the piano are made of hard
compressed <br>
cardboard. <br>
<br>
Willem </font></blockquote><br>
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