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rial" LANG="0">Subj: <B>Re: Yamaha gold? </B><BR>
Date: 8/29/2003 11:20:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>
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FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> &nbs=
p; That still seems like a ton of money =
for hammers and shanks. Frankly I don't get it. With so many different types=
of hammers and shanks available what makes this product worth so much?Is it=
that ther being sold thru Scaff these days as opposed to, in the olden days=
buying direct thru Yamaha .I used to be able to buyYamaha shanks for I thin=
k 85$ bucks and the whole thing mounted for less than300.00. Ok it was a whi=
le back but still. What do the hammers separately cost or is it not worth do=
ing it that way?<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
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p; Don't know about the US but in Canada C3 prehungs are $1500Cn=
d and the C2 prehungs are about $1100cnd<BR>
Most C3's of late I have used the C2 hammers Like the tone better.<BR>
Regards Roger<BR>
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At 01:12 AM 8/30/2003 -0400, you wrote:<BR>
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New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 8/29/2003 8:16:55 PM Pacific Dayli=
ght Time, roger.j@sasktel.net writes:<BR>
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I will second Mark's opinion. If you want a mellower sound I use the new C2 =
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hammer sets, love them for practice room pianos, not so bright in a small <B=
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