<!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 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wim,  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Possibly, an electronic keyboard can = produce something resembling a celeste, but a very good maker is Schiedmayer, = who have greatly improved on the old Mustels. Their address is:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Schiedmayer Celesthaus GmbH = Stuttgart</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>                Lenbachstrasse 53</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>                D-70192 Stuttgart</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>            Duetschland/Germany</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tel.++41/1/932 50 00  = Fax.++41/1/932 50 10</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are four models, 4, 5, and = two 5-1/2.octave versions plus a </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'tastenglockenspiel', (literally, = a glockenspiel  with keys) with three octave plus a fourth = c-f. It might be worthwhile checking out their prices.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best of luck, Ted Sambell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=Pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A = title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 14, 2002 = 8:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Electric Celeste</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>The = university needs a new Celeste. The one we have works OK, but it looks ugly, and I have = to keep repairing it. A new one from Yamaha is about $25,000. My chair just = can't justify spending that kind of money on an instrument used only a = couple of times a year. So he asked if there is a keyboard with an excellent = electronic version. <BR>Any one with some info on the subject. <BR><BR>Wim =  </FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>