Maybe they are doing a little take-off from Yamaha. Every Steinway not rebuilt in the NY Steinway factory is grey market. Sorry, no parts. After all, if it doesn't have 384,987 Steinway parts, it is not a Steinway......er, a, and if it is not rebuilt by certified Steinway day labor, it is not a Steinway! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:35 AM Subject: Re: Yes we have no dampers > Jon writes: > >Ed, > >I highly recommend the Renner USA Underlever Kit. > > i have used many of these kits, they work, but at times are unnneccessary. > Such as this time. It is a 1919 Model A, Everything from soundboard to > action is new, and I don't want to send it out worrying that there is a > possible verdigris problem in the future. The damper tray and geometry all > around are just fine, all that I need to do is replace the underlevers with > new ones. > The Renner parts are not quite like the old ones, if I remember correctly. > The depth of the Sos. tab is one problem I encountered before. > > Why is it so hard to buy 67 damper underlevers from New York? Anybody > got any ideas why the factory won't support the technician? Or are these > parts available to franchise Steinway stores and their in house techs only? > Regards, > Ed Foote RPT
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