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<DIV>Two questions:</DIV>
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<DIV>1) Why is foam rubber necessarily lower quality? Maybe all the =
other pianos
that use felt have yet to upgrade?</DIV>
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<DIV>2) Pray tell, what on earth did you fill the hammers
with? &n=
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<FONT size=1>..............sorry - couldn't resist!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: <<A
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:33 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Foam Rubber on Rest Rail?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> List,<BR>> <BR>> I was sitting on the =
floor(the tables
were too small to fit an action) of a <BR>> Chinese restaurant =
filling the
hammers of an MX 80 Yamaha 42" console when I <BR>> noticed something =
I had
never seen or noticed before: the hammer rest rail <BR>> "felt" =
was
actually foam rubber. Well, the shanks do land softly...:-) It =
<BR>>
made me wonder about the quality of materials in the rest of the =
piano.
<BR>> <BR>> Didn't have time to do a full inspection as I was =
hustling to
get the piano <BR>> back together in a fairly dark environment before =
the
restaurant opened(made <BR>> it with 5 minutes to spare). Like =
most
Yamahas that I've tuned, it had very <BR>> few strings with false =
beats and
the pins were consistent. But how long <BR>> before it starts =
to
self-destruct? Especially since it is a Disklavier and <BR>> =
gets
played at least 8 hours a day...<BR>> <BR>> Dave Stahl<BR>>
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