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[Overs Pianos]

Hi all,

Firstly, my apologies for not taking an active part in list 
discussion over the past couple of months. Its been a bit hectic down 
here, and the business landscape for us now seems to be improving.

A month ago we fitted an Overs action to a new Samick 225 grand 
piano. Two 225 Samicks were exhibited at the Australian Music 
Association Convention (AMAC) on the Gold Coast. One piano had a 
standard Renner action with Kluge keyboard, while the other had an 
Overs action. I used a standard Samick 225 keyboard for mounting the 
action, since I had one lying around.

The pianos were not identified on the exhibit. One had a letter A 
while the other had a letter B. We decided to put the B on the Overs 
actioned piano in an attempt to prevent people assuming that the A 
piano was the one with our action. Convention attendees were invited 
to play both pianos and name the one which they preferred from a 
touch and response perspective. The Renner actioned piano was 
virtually straight out of the box. So to make the comparison more 
credible, I only regulated the Overs action once before taking it to 
the exhibition. It certainly wasn't at concert standard.

Over the three days of the AMAC convention, over thirty people chose 
to fill out the form provided for them to state why they preferred 
one piano over the other. Of these, 85% chose the Overs actioned 
piano, and of that 85%, 40% were extremely enthusiastic about the 
performance of the Overs action.

We were quite encouraged by this comparison, but we realise that one 
swallow doesn't make a summer. Nonetheless, the responses we got are 
quite typical of the responses we have had for the new action.

During early September Rick Florence from the PTG phoned to invite us 
to exhibit in Rochester next year. At the time I wasn't sure that we 
would be able to attend. However, I can now confirm that we have sold 
an Overs 225 grand piano (No. 6) to a client in Boston. Our client 
was informed about the PTG invitation to exhibit in Rochester prior 
to him placing an order. He has given his approval and is 
enthusiastic about us exhibiting no. 6 at Rochester. So, unless 
something untoward happens between now and June 21, 2006, we will be 
bringing No. 6 to Rochester. This will be a major event for us, and 
we are very much looking forward to exhibiting one of our pianos on 
the eastern side of the US. I am also looking forward to catching up 
with many of you who we met in Reno. Next June it will be five years 
since the Reno exhibit.

My wife Kristie and I are taking a few days break tomorrow until 
Sunday. Next week we look forward to commencing work on the 
production of No. 6.

Regards,
Ron O.
-- 
OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY
    Grand Piano Manufacturers
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