<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Del,  was this new piano for Walter a console?  I've had = a lot of interest in the Walter consoles</DIV> <DIV>as I have several customers that own one.  I also spent some = time, a couple years back on</DIV> <DIV>their production line, observing the production of their = products.</DIV> <DIV>Gordon Holley</DIV> <DIV>Assoc. Indiana Chap 463</DIV> <DIV>Elkhart, IN</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fandrich@pianobuilders.com href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 10, 2005 = 2:14 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: The Nossaman = Steinway (was rebuilders..)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A = href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A><BR><B>Sent:</= B> October 06, 2005 5:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B= > Re: The Nossaman Steinway (was rebuilders..)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=3>Perhaps an A- B comparison of your = favorite music played on a really good stock D Stwy piano  sitting next = to a Nossaman , Fandrich , Overs, Erwin  or whoever re-designed it , = Stwy D, would allow for a fair but subjective comparison. Better is just an = opinion after all but it should be based on features, quality of = construction & most of all performance enhancement of the whole Beast. Custom stuff = usually takes a product out of the realm of hype & into the  realm = of folks who are willing to prove it at the starting gate. They don't race horses/cars/boats etc for nothing </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Know what I mean?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale Erwin<SPAN = class=484300619-10102005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Dale, et al...</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>I am not = planning on taking a piano to Rochester. My current interest is in smaller pianos = and the test mule for my current thinking is under construction and won't be = nearly ready by June. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>It is nice = -- and some gratifying -- to see momentum growing, however. It seems it is no = longer the unpardonable sin to tamper with the original "design" of pianos that = are still held sacred by many. It is, of course, still a sin but with suitable = penance the practitioners of these black arts are no longer tarred, feathered = and run out of town. Now we are just put in stocks for a = week.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Despite not = having one of my own pianos at the convention there should be a sample of my recent = work, however. I just returned from Elkhart, Indiana where I supervised the = assembly of the first prototype of the new piano I recently designed for the = Walter company. I expect -- hope! -- it will raise one or two eyebrows.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></B= ODY></HTML>