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<font size=3>Willem,<br>
<br>
The material is called medium density fiberboard, or MDF for short.
Very few upright pianos made today do not have at least some MDF in the
cases, and if it is a lower priced piano, most of the case will be made
of it. The only exceptions are high priced pianos, and pianos made
in countries where the labor rate is so low that the manufacturer can
afford to use better materials.<br>
<br>
It is at its worst when broken, as you saw, or when wet.<br>
<br>
Don Mannino RPT<br>
<br>
<br>
At 09:15 PM 4/2/01 -0400, you wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>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
<br>
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></html>