<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" = text=#000000> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Hi David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>We have one here at Acadia University, School of = Music, in Wolfville Nova Scotia, in the recital hall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca">piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca</A>= </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net" = title=dporritt@swbell.net>David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" title=caut@ptg.org>caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 25, = 2001 8:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Concert grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The decision has been made to purchase a Yamaha CFIIIS for our = recital hall.  We have two Steinway "D"s in there and one will be = replaced.  Our chairman was told by an unhappy dealer, that we will be one of = only 5 music schools that have a Yamaha in their recital hall.  I told = him, that those kind of statistics would be very difficult to obtain, and that I = have serious doubts about the veracity of that statement.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Our Artist in Residence (a Steinway artist) liked this particular = Yamaha very much as did another prominent - and somewhat biased - Steinway = artist in New York.  On the strength of these two artists, whom I know and = respect, I certainly raised no objections to the Yamaha purchase.  We = hadn't found any other pianos that were really special.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have an idea of how common CFIIISs are in music schools?  I just can't believe that they are that rare.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV><BR><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> <DIV> <HR> <FONT size=3>David M. <FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Porritt</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A = href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Southern Methodist University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> <HR> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>