<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd have to agree with Terry on this = one, Tony. I've never seen a problem with ABS flanges, but then, I do live in Arizona.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 10, 2003 = 6:23 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kawai NS-20</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I thought one of the advantages of the plastic flanges, = etc.  was that they were LESS affected by humidity changes and extremes!<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR>  <BR>----- Original Message = ----- <BR>From: "Tony Caught" <<A href="mailto:caute@bigpond.com">caute@bigpond.com</A>><BR>To: = "Pianotech" <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:26 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Kawai = NS-20<BR><BR><BR>> ABS flanges or the type of felt used are affected more by humidity than the<BR>> flanges in most other pianos.<BR>> <BR>> Tony Caught<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>