<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On = Behalf Of </span></b>Isaac OLEG SIMANOT<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font = size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Saturday, March 09, 2002</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>5:16 = PM</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Muffler Rail = Felt</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Patrick,</span></= font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The real mufler = felt is thinner in the treble and thicker in the bass, as you probably noticed = yet.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>If nothing = available , of course standard felt can work, but less well. There are generally 2 or = more qualities of muffler felt, the best one is known there in = </span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:blue'>Europe</span></font><font size=2 color=blue = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> as = "Celeste" Felt. differences are in thickness and felt quality. </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Yamaha is = probably very good if you can obtain it.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>HOPZATHELP(s)</sp= an></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Isaac = OLEG</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'= > <p class=MsoNormal = style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left: 45.0pt'><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt;color:navy'>List, </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 = color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>  &nbsp= ;      My understanding is that Yamaha will supply no part without a serial  = number corresponding to a non-gray market piano.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 = color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>  &nbsp= ;      Tom Driscoll</span></font></p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>