<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10>In a message =
dated 2/13/04 6:36:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu w=
rites:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-=
LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Did you see it in the showr=
oom before it got to the house? Could the rust
<BR>have started in the crate in trransit across the Pacific? I've seen that=
<BR>happen on other makes when the integrity of the container and individual=
<BR>crates were compromised.
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<BR>I forgot to mention that I'd seen it in the showroom and done some prep =
on it at the house prior to making the most recent service call. I did=
not see rust on the strings at the time.</FONT></HTML>