<WBR>I found out about this piano about 20 years ago from a customer who had moved from the Netherlands to St. Louis. I contacted Mr. Debaat, and he sent me a CD. The piano has a nice full sound. It's a neat concept. With the depletion of our forests, it might become the soundboard of the future. <br> <br> I also discussed him with a couple of technicians in Holland. They told me that the invention is a good one, and could possibly be done on a massive scale. He had contacted several manufacturers, but he either wanted too much money for it, or wanted to keep control over the patent, and "a piece of the action" in the future. But the manufacturers didn't want to do that, so he is now making them himself, and selling just a few, <br> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: David Denison <a440@optonline.net><br> To: caut@ptg.org<br> Sent: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 6:50 am<br> Subject: [CAUT] STEMCO - Crystal Soundboard<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_1fc16b36-7b4c-4087-9acb-c38fa5df0b2a> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have not come across this before.  Does anybody wish to comment?  Don't drop this piano!</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </div> <div><A href="http://www.stemco.nl/index.html" target=_blank>http://www.stemco.nl/index.html</A></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Denison, RPT<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Member Piano Technicians Guild</FONT></div> <div> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: 516-674-4385<br> Email: <A href="mailto:A440@optonline.net">A440@optonline.net</A></FONT></div> </div> <div id='u8CA948E83771D85-744-1FBE' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Stay informed, get connected and more <A title="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" href="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" target="_blank">with AOL on your phone</A>.</FONT> </div>