Hi all, Firstly, my apologies for not taking an active part in list discussion over the past couple of months. Its been a bit hectic down here, and the business landscape for us now seems to be improving. A month ago we fitted an Overs action to a new Samick 225 grand piano. Two 225 Samicks were exhibited at the Australian Music Association Convention (AMAC) on the Gold Coast. One piano had a standard Renner action with Kluge keyboard, while the other had an Overs action. I used a standard Samick 225 keyboard for mounting the action, since I had one lying around. The pianos were not identified on the exhibit. One had a letter A while the other had a letter B. We decided to put the B on the Overs actioned piano in an attempt to prevent people assuming that the A piano was the one with our action. Convention attendees were invited to play both pianos and name the one which they preferred from a touch and response perspective. The Renner actioned piano was virtually straight out of the box. So to make the comparison more credible, I only regulated the Overs action once before taking it to the exhibition. It certainly wasn't at concert standard. Over the three days of the AMAC convention, over thirty people chose to fill out the form provided for them to state why they preferred one piano over the other. Of these, 85% chose the Overs actioned piano, and of that 85%, 40% were extremely enthusiastic about the performance of the Overs action. We were quite encouraged by this comparison, but we realise that one swallow doesn't make a summer. Nonetheless, the responses we got are quite typical of the responses we have had for the new action. During early September Rick Florence from the PTG phoned to invite us to exhibit in Rochester next year. At the time I wasn't sure that we would be able to attend. However, I can now confirm that we have sold an Overs 225 grand piano (No. 6) to a client in Boston. Our client was informed about the PTG invitation to exhibit in Rochester prior to him placing an order. He has given his approval and is enthusiastic about us exhibiting no. 6 at Rochester. So, unless something untoward happens between now and June 21, 2006, we will be bringing No. 6 to Rochester. This will be a major event for us, and we are very much looking forward to exhibiting one of our pianos on the eastern side of the US. I am also looking forward to catching up with many of you who we met in Reno. Next June it will be five years since the Reno exhibit. My wife Kristie and I are taking a few days break tomorrow until Sunday. Next week we look forward to commencing work on the production of No. 6. Regards, Ron O. -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web http://overspianos.com.au mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au _______________________
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