<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Andrew</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You said: <FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>"I was struck how bland it sounds"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>I say: That depends on the piano! I used to tune up to 10 pianos a = day for weeks and weeks - month in, month out. No two pianos sounded the same. = All were at ET A=440. But... Ah!...then the S&S A thru to D always had = then extra.... "je ne sais quoi" (excuse me Isaac!) about them which no = other pianos could approach. They sing! They say... "come and play me!" ... so = you do! Tell me, how does the M&H sound compared to the S&S? I've never = even seen one...! You all talk about them!</DIV> <DIV>Regards from black-as-ink-dark Sussex-on-Sea</DIV> <DIV>Michael G (UK)</DIV></BODY></HTML>