<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>HI Bill</DIV> = <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>     Try the Tokiwa  pre-= cut dampersets from Pacific/Brooks to replace the loss of Yamah part= s.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV>=  </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DI= V style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV styl= e="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Bi= ll Ballard</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, Oc= tober 23, 2001 8:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> p= ianotech@ptg.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Ya= maha Quits Schaff</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Dear List.<BR><BR>Yamaha is<BR>e= xperiencing the same squeeze in retails sales as Steinway did, and<BR>its= first move is to make sure that genuine Yamaha parts are not<BR>going in= to gray market pianos. I'll be a little sad that Yamaha<BR>dampers felts = will be no longer available for say a small<BR>Mason&Hamlin grand. <B= R><BR>Bill Ballard RPT<BR>NH Chapter, P.T.G.<BR><BR>"Out here on the food= chain, you either<BR>    diet,die, or dine"<BR> &nbs= p;   ...........folksinger Mark Graham<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++= <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>