<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Willem</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MDF-Medium Density Fiberboard looks = exactly like compressed cardboard. It machines and finishes like wood and is = relatively stable. It's been in used in cabinetry for a long time and is finding = its way into piano cases. I just repaired a gouge in the keyslip of a Young = Chang PF110 Queen Anne Cherry--yup! MDF.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" = title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org" title=Pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 02, 2001 = 8:15 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> YC case parts</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>I just = found out something about the cases of Young Chang consoles. A <BR>customer was = moving a console piano on a truck, which was involved in an <BR>accident, = causing the piano to tip over. Among the parts that were damaged <BR>were the = sides. When my refinisher evaluated the sides, he discovered that <BR>the material = wasn't even particle board, which is what a lot of piano case <BR>parts are = made out of now. The sides of the piano are made of hard compressed = <BR>cardboard. <BR><BR>Willem </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>