<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any of you seen the brochure Steinway = is sending out to universities about the re-introduction of the 6' 2" model = A?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We've had a big laugh in the shop = because the included article by Stuart Isacoff from Piano Today talking about the = history of the model 'A' and it's various size incarnations states: "The Model "A" = Parlor Grand was designed by C. F. Theodore Steinway in the late = 1870s as a small instrument (it was originally only 6" [sic] in length) capable of producing the power and tone of larger grands".  Isacoff goes on to = quote S&S telling its dealers this new instrument "embodied the greatest = progress ever achieved in the art of piano making.".   Indeed!  I = bet it looked kind of funny though....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>