<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>A BIG Piano</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've seen and read about this before some years ago.  I believe it was some sort of university funded project, I don't know where.  I think it's purpose was to build a piano with as close to perfect octaves as possible, (minimal temperament compromises).  I'm sure it sounds rather interesting.  Replacing a broken string is probably a three person job!  Obviously no wound strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Here’s something you can gawk at:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.klavins-pianos.com/index_en.htm">http://www.klavins-pianos.com/index_en.htm</A><BR><BR>Has anybody heard of this guy?  I just stumbled upon the web site.  I don’t know if it’s any good, but it’s definitely unique.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Ken Z.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>