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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I don't believe it is
graphite.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is bad plating on the
pin.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I had it happen on a piano Samick made for
Baldwin. The repining was covered under warranty.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I suppose the warranty would depend on when the
piano was purchased.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Why don't you contact Samick at
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><A
href="mailto:samickservice@samickmusicusa.com">samickservice@samickmusicusa.com</A>
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></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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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</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> Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:02
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Graphite on Samick Center
Pins?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message dated
8/14/03 2:47:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> writes:
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TYPE="CITE"><BR>If folks need/wish/whatever to email other list members
privately, of course, do it. Hoping that I can speak for others, please
don't do it on our account - many of these topics appear to me to be good
solid technical issues. At least among the relative upstarts like me, even
if the topic has been covered a few times, often another angle can have it
make sense to me. So if at all possible, keep the technical issues out in
public! Thanks. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Terry, <BR><BR>Don't worry, you
haven't missed anything. Yours is, surprisingly, the only response so far.
Anyone out there with wisdom on this contaminant/graphite issue?
<BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>