<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/6/2003 6:04:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, A440A@ao= l.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>> <FONT size=3><STRONG>  The ha= mmers are so hard that if you begin at the upper shoulder, the <BR>> tens= ion in them will tear them apart after a while. <BR>> Regards,  <BR>= > Ed Foote RPT </STRONG></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>   <FONT = size=3><STRONG>   Hi Ed</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040><FONT size=3><STRONG>&= nbsp;      And Yamaha builds these hammers this way beca= use...............?</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>  = For all my debt of professional gratitude due Yamaha & for all there ing= enius wonderful pianos I can't figure this & have never heard an explana= tion. Soundboard that vibrate freely DO NOT require hammers O stone. Still d= on't get it in Modesto.--Dale</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>