<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT size=3>Hello All: I recently tried to order some upright = damper flanges from several supply houses, only to be told that there would be = a three week delay because the Baldwin parts factory is now closed, no one had = any flanges left, and they were all awaiting the arrival of a shipment from = Japan. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so is there an alternative? Are = upright piano parts now completely outsourced overseas? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Thanks, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Patrick C. Poulson<BR>Registered Piano = Technician<BR>Piano Technicians Guild</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>