At 02:21 PM 12/19/97 -0800, Susan wrote: > >P.S. I begin to see that exploring the "front-end business" on big >turn-of-the-century grands may involve a bit of travelling. The big Erards >are mostly still in France, aren't they? > There are some in this country as well, but yes, you have to do a fair amount of travelling to study a good range of 19th century pianos. I will confess to you that I have done so, and took lots of pictures and notes, though the trips were too short to be very complete, and I have a good friend who took even more pictures from whom I bought a complete set. I also confess I haven't gotten around to cataloguing the slides yet. O.K. I'll bump it up a priority level, but I have to finish a couple harpsichords first. What I really would like to do is reschedule some travel. Say, Stephen, we should spend a few weeks at the Colt Collection don't you think? Perhaps we could arrange some tours a la' the Lucktenburg/Kottick harpsichord tours? ab Anne Beetem Harpsichords & Historic Pianos 2070 Bingham Ct. Reston, VA 20191 abeetem@wizard.net
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