---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment (Dale Erwin wrote) =A0 Andre Hi Dale (how ya doin'?) =A0=A0 =A0=A0 Hey I agree with=A0your post 100% =A0=A0 Here's an interesting tid bit. I guess about ten years ago or=20 so=A0before gray market was an issue with Yamaha I could get a set of=20 whippens from Yam. in Buena Park by simply calling & saying Hey I need=A0=20= parts. =A0 At the time every body else was getting 450 or so for a set of = Renner=20 or Tokiwa whippens. But Yamaha whips were only approx.$190.00. I was=20 happily stunned. =A0 Does this tell you any thing about the mark up of these parts we = buy.=20 As you say nothing wrong with a profit but once the machines are set up=20= & working these parts are spewed out in great quantiites & with high=20 quality. With Yamaha ,they been churning=A0 out parts for decades so I=20= think the R&D cost must have come down a bit by now don't you think? I would think so indeed........ =A0 My question. So how much is a set of Yamaha whippens these days? If=20= they'll sell them to you that is? I would have to ax (; >)) them and will let you know, if you wish. =A0 By the way I bought the Yamaha whippens to fit a .............BB=20 Mason& Hamlin? And why not? If they fit, they fit, right? =A0 Yep a 1960 & they fit perfectly once the whippen flange rail was = made=20 flat. It's still in service at Modesto Junior College. I did that=20 twice. =A0=A0 Hmmm. Andre, this..... makes me think about your idea to be=20 creative. As Jeff Goldblum said in Jurassic Park "Life will find a=20 way"!! I been creative mysself (; and got me some nice copies of parts,=20 'certain factories' might become very agitated about, so indeed it is=20 very well possible hehehe =A0=A0 Regards to all =A0=A0 =A0EAR =A0 ell. Talking about it almost always helps and patience and diplomacy are usually the way to progress. If it is clear that talking, patience and diplomacy will not help, we are forced to dig in and use our ingenuity. That in itself can be very very inspiring! I know........ (: >))) friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Vita Dura Est =A0 friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Vita Dura Est ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2768 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1b/20/ff/3e/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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