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<DIV><SPAN class=670151714-16032002><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Ron =
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<DIV><SPAN class=670151714-16032002><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2> << </FONT></SPAN>Yes, the company you are =
referring to
is Samick<FONT color=#0000ff> (is there another playing this =
game?)</FONT>.
The irony of their attempt to make a laminated panel appear to be =
solid<FONT
color=#0000ff> (and beautifully quarter cut at that)</FONT> is that =
the
laminated panels they use are 100% spruce, with all laminations made =
from
quartered stock<FONT color=#0000ff> (of the ones I have inspect - =
out of the
piano)</FONT>. While many of these pianos produce a tone which is less =
than
desirable, I don't believe it is the laminated panel which is causing =
the
problem. It's the numerous other piano manufacturing factors which =
they choose
to ignore.<SPAN class=670151714-16032002><FONT color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=670151714-16032002><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>The one I saw
had what looked like mahogany in the middle layer (or some kind of =
reddish
dark wood). It might have been made by samick, but the stenciled brand =
was
"Klavier" (I guess just to make it sound German :-)
).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=670151714-16032002><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Marcel Carey,
RPT</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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