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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kpiano@goldrush.com =
href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith
Roberts</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 11, 2002 =
6:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Yamaha upright =
hammer spring
thread</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try some unwaxed dental floss. Very
Strong.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith R</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> =
Respectfully, Why all
these suggestions for alternative material when we see =
silk cord
in 100 year old pianos still intact? It's available from Schaff, =
Practically
free and I'm told stronger than steel of the same diameter. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I appreciate =
ingenuity but
in this case why not just go with the old standby. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Tom
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