<HTML><HTML>I have Jim Brinkman twice in a matt= er of weeks coming up.  Last year his agency made a big issue about ren= ting a CF111, which the hall did. The bad news was that the Yamaha dealer se= nt a very old CF111 which had no business being used in a professional setti= ng. The regulation was so far off it was ridiculous. The keyframe was knocki= ng so loudly it could have been used as it's own bass drum. Hardly any felt = left on the hammers...you get the picture. The good news....I couldn't make that concert job and I had another tuner co= ver for me AND I didn't have deal with the problems which occurred that day<= BR> This year the concert hall refused to do business with the Yamaha dealer on = account of last year's problem. The hall informed Brinkman and he had agreed= to use our house concert grand. Just 2 days ago, I got word that he is traveling with his own instrument and= no rentals will be needed. I'm was assuming it is a CF111. Tom Servinsky</HTML>