<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>New customer today with a gorgeous Yamaha C7, = 1993.  It was in Tennessee for a while, and has been out here for several years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I felt the edge of the pinblock through the = half-opened fallboard, and felt ripples in places.  Removing the fallboard, the = underside was stained dark in large areas across about a third of it, = like a walnut stain (wish I had a picture).  In some places, there were = thin white lines in the shape of the grain, with broad dark lines between them = (where the harder wood didn't absorb the color?).  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The color didn't scrape off with a fingernail.  = In the dark areas, I could feel ripples, parallel to the bass strings (from the = milling machine, perhaps?).  The light areas were very smooth.  No = other stained areas in the action cavity.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Pin torque was tight.  No signs of moisture = damage, save that if you caught a reflection off the soundboard just right, you could = see a few cracks starting to form in the varnish, along the glue = joints.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Any ideas as to the cause?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>