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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Paint / peinture urgent.

2004-03-07 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 23:54:29 -0000, "pmjtaysom" <philip@taysom.co.uk>
wrote:

>It's hard to say without seeing it - but if the damage is only to the
>paint finish of the wooden top cover then this shouldn't cost much
>more than ?150 or $300 to repair - 

I checked more thoroughly, the wood is undamaged. It is the upper
layer.

>BTW - I recently bought a Series III keyboard for my MFX 2 from Peter
>Wielk and paid around ?1,000 for it - so they are still generally
>available, unlike Series II keyboards which I understand are becoming
>hard to find.

Good that they still are available.

>No - this is not at all expensive - 
>... the paint should cost no more than ?20 or $40 at the very most.

<sigh of relief :)>

>I use a freight forwarding agent for all my shipping - and they always
>comprehensively cover my equipment in transit - so yes, I was covered
>and we claimed for full recovery of the costs - including importing
>the replacement keyboard - I have to say, that in all the shipments
>they've handled (well over 100), this was the only problem we've ever had.

>Philip

Glad to hear that you had good experiences generally.
Which company is it, if I may ask ?

Regards,
Harald.

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