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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Kevin,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>C2 not a G2...sorry. Actually, no flattening to speak of...some grooving but I thought the steaming might be worth a try. I have been doing some deep needling on the shoulders and get immediate relief but it doesn't last...</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>David I</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original message ----------------------------------------><BR>From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <<A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A>><BR>To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:34:00 -0700<BR>Subject: Re: Singing Samick</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>David, if you are really working on a G2, it's a lot more than two years old. Did you mean a C2? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> If the piano has really been getting that kind of use, are the hammers starting to get a little flat up near the capo bar? Steaming is fine, but if the hammers are through and through hard, you'll get better results from and little deep needling down on the shoulders and sides of the hammer. Don't mean to butt in here, though. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:37 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Singing Samick</DIV>
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<P align=left>Roger,</P>
<P align=left>You had an article on steaming in a recent Journal, right? I'm considering trying it on a 1 year old Yamaha G2 that has already begun breaking strings in the treble....hotel lounge with big bands and probably no monitor for the piano...</P>
<P align=left>David I.</P>
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