Ray Charles played Overs' no. 003 in concert

[Overs Pianos]

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Richard Galassini wrote:

>I think I have tried some of Wyndham Eststes chardonnay. Is this 
>possible? Do they export?

Yes, Wyndham Estate is one of the larger Australian wine producing 
companies who export product.

>More importantly, when will YOU export?

While piano no. 003 was enthusiastically received in Reno, we still 
have a lot to do here before we are ready to service the demands of 
an export market. There's no point in setting up a distribution 
network when we have very little production capacity. Last July when 
I returned from Reno, I was considering building six pianos during 
the 2002 year. However, various factors have lead to a reassessment 
of this plan, and now only two more of the current 225 pianos, which 
uses the Samick plate and rim, will be built. Three Australian 
tertiary music institutions are interested in no. 004, but it remains 
available at this time, and is currently priced at US$49,000 FOB. 
While I would prefer to place this piano locally at this time, all 
options will be considered. The plate and rim for the next two pianos 
have arrived, and while these were built quite closely to the revised 
specification list supplied, they were not made precisely to 
specification (communication is always a difficult with piano 
companies, since there is no common nomenclature). Fortunately, it 
will be possible to incorporate the refinements I had planned for 
these instruments relative to the specification of piano no. 003.

To answer your question Richard, I would like to be exporting 
instruments by 2004, and my preferred first representative would be a 
suitable dealer on the US west coast. The Californian market would 
seem to be particularly easy to supply for us since Korean Air run a 
freighter service to both Sydney and LA. When we took no. 003 to Reno 
it was back loaded to Seoul, then taken on to LA.

I am currently designing a 230 cm grand and a 280 cm concert grand. 
These pianos (with the exception of the keyboard, action, hammers and 
wire will be all-Australian made. The outer and inner rim will be 
made from a local southern Beech, Nothofagus moorei  (a remnant rain 
forest tree with an ADD of around 0.74 grams per cc and who's wood is 
fine and even and suitable for steam bending, These trees date back 
to the days of Gondwanaland - the ancient southern super-continent). 
A 185 grand piano, which at this stage will be the smallest grand 
piano we will produce, will be developed at a later stage (top 
elevation drawings of all three cases can be viewed at 
http://overspianos.com.au/cases.html ).

At this time, we have been concentrating on developing product 
awareness from within Australia.

Regards to all,

Ron O
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        OVERS PIANOS
Grand piano manufacturers
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Email: mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au
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