<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>It's the heat of the burning coals that melts the plastic. That should be obvious. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But the utility of dual functionality is always tempting, when purchasing appliances and musical instruments. In an emergency, for example, your bagpipe can serve as an ambu bag: The trick is to block off the drones after gently shoving the chanter down the victim's throat ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Okay, sorry ... scurrying back to my hidey hole now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=byronquam@shaw.ca href="mailto:byronquam@shaw.ca">Byron Quam</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 11/15/2005 8:44:00 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re-attach metal grill on Yamaha music desk</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">I have a customer with a Yamaha console piano made in 1976. There is no model number that I can see but there is a C before the serial number and it is about 42 inches high. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>The music desk had a metal grill attached but the plastic material that held <SPAN class=406514102-16112005>this grill</SPAN> in place has disintegrated (became brittle and shattered). I'm wondering if anyone else has run into such a problem and how they re-attached the metal grill. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Byron Quam</SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>