Ron O. wrote: >Andrew, > >>Here is the problem, the film thickness is certainly more than 0.6mm. > >Sorry Andrew, I have come onto this thread late in the event (been >distracted with work). From what you've written I conclude that the >piano you have a problem with is a Yamaha. Actually the first message about this topic was a cracked finish on a Schaeffer & Sons piano (made in Korea). My reply was that the heading of the original message Early Asian pianos was a little broad, lumping in all pianos from Korea, China, Japan, etc. and that we don't see problems of cracked finishes on Yamaha pianos. The thickness comment was related to what was responsible for Yamaha's luck, resin surfacer sheet or uniform (not too thick) thickness. Whatever they do, it works. BTW, I never realized it until years later, we had a used Estonia concert grand in here we sold in the late '70's (before they were sold here in the states). All the edges had a real round radius to them. Some have felt this was less for style and more to prevent cracking of the polyester at the edges. The piano had to come out the window of his Center City apartment via crane. The former owner was a flamboyant artist and stood about 6'4", 350 lbs, wanted to ride down on the piano, which of course was not allowed. -- Glenn Grafton Grafton Piano & Organ Co. 1081 County Line Rd. Souderton PA 18964 http://www.graftonpiano.com/ glenn@graftonpiano.com 800-272-5980 The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh.
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