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size=2>To
follow up with those of you who helped regarding my Bluthner action =
questions; the owner <SPAN class=770553916-23022004>of the =
6'3" piano
in question </SPAN>declined my original offer<SPAN
class=770553916-23022004>,</SPAN> and for the moment, I haven't =
considered
raising it. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=010423016-23022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Meanwhile a<SPAN class=770553916-23022004> valued</SPAN> =
colleague sent
me the following link <SPAN class=770553916-23022004>(pasted =
below)
</SPAN>for curio<SPAN =
class=770553916-23022004>u</SPAN>sity.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010423016-23022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>The
rebuilder's site is </FONT><A =
href="http://www.luxurypainos.com/"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>www.luxurypainos.com</FONT></A><FONT =
face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2> <SPAN =
class=770553916-23022004>Their work
appears exquisite, </SPAN><SPAN class=770553916-23022004>and I =
find their
perspective on German pianos and restoration, quite
interesting.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010423016-23022004><FONT face=Arial><FONT =
color=#0000ff><FONT
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<DIV><SPAN class=010423016-23022004><FONT face=Arial><FONT =
color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=770553916-23022004>Fitting new actions/keyboards =
to vintage
German pianos is part of what they do, however, they also rebuild =
original
actions with new parts. I am looking forward to correspondance =
with
them.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff><FONT
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<DIV><SPAN class=010423016-23022004><FONT face=Arial><FONT =
color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=770553916-23022004>FYI and
thanks!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=010423016-23022004><FONT face=Arial><FONT =
color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=770553916-23022004>Mark
Cramer,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010423016-23022004><FONT face=Arial><FONT =
color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=770553916-23022004>Brandon
University</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT =
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT><BR></FONT> </DIV></DIV>Dear Mark, <BR>I found this =
1890s
rebuilt Blüthner offered for sale on eBay.:<BR><BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=37059429=
95&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:CA:1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?=
ViewItem&item=3705942995&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:CA:1</A><BR><BR=
>Notice
that a new Renner action has been installed, and it looks like a brand =
new
keyboard has been made as well.<BR>I</BODY></HTML>