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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Kevin,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I obviously missed something. Could you please, =
explain
how,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Young Chang is tied in with Samick? Other than =
both
Korean, of course.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=draine@mediaone.net href="mailto:draine@mediaone.net">J =
Patrick
Draine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 18, 2001 =
10:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Every Samick</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Saturday, November 17, 2001, at 07:26 PM, Kevin E. =
Ramsey
wrote:<BR><BR>
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I just wanted to put this out to the =
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As some of you know, I get to work on a whole lot of new pianos, and =
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On just about every new Samick, and all their variants, I see the =
same old
mistakes being made at the factory concerning the =
pedal-trapwork-damper
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Arial><?smaller><BR>Kevin,<BR>I'm
presuming you're doing contract work for a dealer. Considering the =
trend that
you've observed, have you attempted (or considered attempting) some =
sort of
"quality control feedback" through the dealership, or the US offices =
of Young
Chang? Getting your local dealer to "sign on" to your request for an
improvement might carry some weight (he should be motivated by the =
possibility
of reduced prep expenses).<BR><BR>Patrick Draine =
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