<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Richard B.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just found out that I am going to the = nordic pianomeeting in Denmark,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>are you going to??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would be nice to meet you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm going with Leif Samuelsson, Andre = Studentchi and Jonas Svensson. All coming from south of Sweden.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know so many norwegians, have = only met Odd Aanstad once.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It will be nice to get together with = some collegues.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric Cristiansen, the man who do the = french polishing seminar is very interesting. He is one of the old still living = pianobuilders in Denmark. He was the last workshopchief at Hornung & = Moller. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In his workshop he has among all other = stuff a hammerhead drilling mashine build together with a singer sewing-mashine. = The ones you operate with paddeling your feet on a plate under the table.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On my way out from his place I = noticed a big copper container with a litte tap on the = bottom. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I asked what it was and he said, -Guess!!</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then he disappeard to = his backroom with a big smile</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and came back with a big tubeshaped = woodthing. And said, -Guess!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did'nt have a clue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then he opened the tube and got out a = huge thermometer sized like a cucumber.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was a termometer to measure the = alcohol % In the container.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>( it was no alcohol in it now = )</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This was used in the old days at the = factory for the frensh polishing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you do shellackpolishing it must = be at least 92 % I learned.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They burned their own alcohol at the = factory. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That was just a little of all the fun = stuff he has at his place...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope you are going.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linda Stråhle</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SPTF</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Malmoe, = Sweden</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>