---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well Ricky my boy, and all of you...!! I also raise my glass then... CHEERS! yo EAR On 7-feb-05, at 18:23, Richard Brekne wrote: > Dale > > I have read and enjoyed greatly so very very many of your postings=20 > through the years since you popped up here. But I gota say that this=20= > post, which I reprint below, is the absolute best to come off your=20 > keyboard yet IMHO. I know I have a tendancy to sound a bit more crass=20= > then I mean to be, and often find others expressing meanings I share=20= > in so much better fashion then I am capable of doing. This posting is=20= > about as perfect an example of this as I've ever seen. Thanks ever so=20= > muchly for taking the time to put this piece together. Ozzzes with=20 > positivism, optimism... looking forwardism with bright eyesims... :) I=20= > dare say, if ever any of these alternative methods towards approaching=20= > the task of fitting the piano with its heart will win the day over the=20= > domination of Steinways <<way>> as it were (embraced for whatever=20 > reasons by so many) It will be because of builders who push onwards=20 > with the attitude exressed below. I raise my glass, tip my hat, and=20= > bow respectfully. > > Sincerely > RicB > > Horace & all > Actually this is SO TRUE. Exposure is a problem. Access to any type=20= > redesigned boards, in any configuration any where, is hard to come=20 > by. The first rib & CC crowned board I ever heard was at Ken Hannahs=20= > shop in Stillwater Minnisota Many years ago. At the time This just=20 > wasn't being done on the west coast in any numbers by any one. I had=20= > to travel that far for mentoring & exposure to new boards. > The first Lam panel & rib crowned design combination I had seen at=20= > convention was brought to Reno at great cost by Ron O. The "Overs"=20= > piano was a pure & clear sounding beauty & beautiful to look at as=20= > well. I still remember that plate in polished acrlic enamel The sound=20= > & the new Action. Quite impressive in all respects..Thanks Ron > My point is I've been building boards for a while & I've seen =20 > precious few done by any one else in any form. So to see a new=20 > ,redesign or rib crowned board etc I've had to go to conventions=20 > primarily for this kind of thing. > So, is it any wonder that the experience of most technicians =20 > Including me are with purely vintage type C.C. crowned boards let =20 > alone rib crowned or lam/rib crowned. We all as techs have =20 > relatively little to compare to. Even the recent discussion of rib=20 > crowned or rib crowned plus C.C. or complete redesign have even=20 > suffered a bit of derision here on the list amongst the brethren. And=20= > some skeptism was heard , & probably rightly so,as to whether these=20= > new designs possibly being as Magic as the predominantly made &=20 > purely Compression Crowned boards we all have seen all of our=20 > carreers. If one has nothing to compare too how can an opinion be=20 > formed? > Our new age thinking on all these matters has a long way to travel=20= > even in our own technical community let alone marketing offices etc. > IMO , & Possibly the most forward thinking R.D in the piano world=20 > today is being done by small shops not large Manufacturers. Will that=20= > ever translate to different choices in the Market place?? If so =20 > slowly. > Until then I'll take every opportunity get some exposure to other=20 > folks piano designs & rebuilt pianos. > So for now, I believe the best value added pianos available to your=20= > clients is quite possibly the ones being rebuilt well by small shops &=20= > small Manufactutreres & IMO is a truly value added product. Forgive=20= > my shameless biased opinion. > By Rebuilt " The Valued Added Piano" > Dale Erwin > My Restored Stwy D will be at convention for purview & in Concert=20= > with Pianist Richard Glazier Sat At 4 pm At Calif convention Feb 10=20= > thru 12 CSU Sac. > Erwins Pianos Restorations 4721 Parker Rd. > Modesto, Ca 95357 > 209-577-8397 > Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales > www.Erwinspiano.com > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > friendly greetings from ANDR=C9 OOREBEEK Where 'music' is no harm can be www.concertpianoservice.nl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 5081 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/44/ac/80/3b/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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