<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/9/2005 11:19:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, donmannino@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <DIV>  Don</DIV> <DIV>  Thanks. It's been a long while since I've heard the name Itoshin= . Do you suppose I can find there web site?</DIV> <DIV> Guess I'll try</DIV> <DIV>   Dale Erwin</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Dale,<BR><BR>Watanabe and Itoshin are the two suppliers, and most= of the tools which we have seen called "Yamaha" tools here in the US are simp= ly tools from these suppliers, sold by Yamaha.<BR><BR>The yen usually runs 10= 5 to the dollar these days.  This shows a rather weak US dollar right now = - the yen is often over 120:1.<BR><BR>Don Mannino RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></D= IV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>