<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/11/2005 7:51:32 AM Central Standard Time, ricbrek@broadpark.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Finnally... having the instrument in the open  and listening= from an <BR>audience perspective with the soundboard angled slightly towards th= e <BR>audience... the instrument sounded quite wonderful. Delightful <BR>actually.  Plenty of power and a very nice balance... a pretty vo= ice I'd <BR>have to say.  By no means overpowering to be sure. But all in= all... I <BR>think I kind of like them. <BR><BR>Still.... I would like jus= t a bit more sound out front without having to <BR>open the top.  A diffe= rent kind of front panel might be an answer....<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>We have several Boston's in classrooms, where the back is toward the cl= ass. We also have a few in professor's studios, where they are against the wall, = and don't need much projection. So perhaps these pianos are the best for bo= th worlds. I like them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>