<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Pros!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Has anyone out there = experience and opinions about voicing Schimmel pianos, especially the 6'10" grand?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My experience of = these pianos amounts to 2 on the showroom floor.  They seem mechanically = wonderful, but the sound leaves me cold. Brittle, bright, no change of = timbre.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    One of these is = available at a price a teacher can afford, but it is so far off from her ideals of = sound that I hesitate to mention it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Can these pianos be = made warm, rich, gentle on the ears in a small studio?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Thank = you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>        = Ed Sutton</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>