<!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 4:39:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:</DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=4> Ric </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  I was just strolling thru the Watanabe site. Look= s like the tools commonly called Yamaha tools /parts to me. Does any on know h= ow to convert Yen to US dollars. ie. What is 100 yen worth?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4> I'll probably order some stuff if the price is right.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  Dale</FONT></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>Dean May wrote:<BR><BR>>Tell us Richard, you have the Japanese connections, can = we buy directly from<BR>>Japan?<BR>><BR>>Dean<BR>><BR>>  <BR>><BR>I doubt it. But there are two Japanese suppliers in Hamamatsu = and they <BR>sell a good deal of supplies made by Yamaha. I posted a link to Watanabe <BR>just the other day.  I forget the name of the other supplier, but it the <BR>larger supply house..... and a bit more pricy. <BR><BR>Personally, I dont really see the problem. There are plenty enough= <BR>alternative parts suppliers out there, and more then one source is for= <BR>high quality stuff that is compatble in every sense of the word with <BR>just about every piano.  In anycase... what differences there are= do not <BR>strike me as worth loosing even an eyeblink of sleep about.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>