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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span =
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight=
:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> Piano Forte Supply =
[mailto:pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 06, =
2005 1:51 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Crumbling music =
desk on
Y.C.</span></font><font color=black><span =
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New =
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Carman - Great that Y.C. will honor their
warranty. For other pianos out there, I stock and can supply =
strips of
black patent suede for grand music desks. This is not a plastic =
material,
rather a special fabric for this purpose. I shouldn't crumble with
age. </span></font><b><u><font size=5 color=red><span =
style='font-size:
16.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>You</span></font></u></b><b><font =
color=red><span
style='color:red;font-weight:bold'> will probably crumble with age!!! =
</span></font></b><b><font
color=red face=Wingdings><span =
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:red;
font-weight:bold'>J</span></font></b>Of course, there may be some wear =
over the
years, but it will never look as unsightly as the music desks with =
cheap
black felt, which seems to be the norm. (If there is enough =
demand, I can
bring in brown as well)<br>
<br>
I carry strips in 1 3/4 or 2" width (or cut to suit). Samples
available.<br>
<br>
<img width=240 height=180 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01C5525E.6543C1F0"><br>
<br>
<br>
Jurgen Goering<br>
Piano Forte Supply<br>
<a =
href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">www.pianofortesupply.com</a><br>=
"we've got the good stuff"<br>
-------------------<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Carman Gentile =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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cite="mid200505061800.j46I0Fw28035@bridget.rudoff.com">
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 =
color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> My =
client has a
1990's Knabe grand (made by Young Chang) On the music =
desk,
the material on which the sheet music rests is degrading and =
crumbling into
coarse dust particles. It looks unsightly and the debris is falling into =
the
tuning pin area. The material that is in there is not suede. If you push =
your
thumbnail into it there is a mark left. As if it were some sort of =
plastic. Any
idea on what they used to use? <br>
I finally reached the folks at Young Chang and although they will =
send
some replacement suede, I still need to know how to extract that old =
material. <br>
<br>
Carman Gentile RPT <br>
Redwood Chapter <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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