<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/21/2001 9:32:02 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>glenn@graftonpiano.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">BTW, I want to point out that referring to this as an "Asian piano"
<BR>lumps all pianos together that are made in Korea, Japan, China, etc.
<BR>It would be better to refer to it as a Korean piano, which a
<BR>Schaeffer Piano is. The underlying reason why the polyester cracked
<BR>is because they did not use a resin surfacer sheet on top of the
<BR>wood. Yamaha does and as a result this type of damage is almost
<BR>unheard of on a Yamaha. We have seen it on other pianos, including
<BR>Boston pianos which lack the resin surfacer sheet.
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<BR>Thank-you for pointing this out. I have seen this problem on a number of
<BR>Asian pianos and 1960s European pianos and never new the cause other than the
<BR>wood moving underneath the finish. I have seen it on an early Kawai, but
<BR>your right, I cannot remember seeing it on a Yamaha.
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<BR>Andrew Remillard</FONT></HTML>