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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good point, Joe.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I guess I'll put that hypothesis to bed =
with some
of my other imponderables.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 21, 2001 =
10:48 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Scaling Problem =
reduex</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Carl,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>My hypothesis would be that when you twist the =
string in the
opposite direction of the winding, you essentially make the winding =
loose
around the core wire. Also when this happens, I suspect that the =
loosening
does not occur evenly throughout the speaking length of the string. =
This
loosening allows the core wire to oscillate, (vibrate), at different =
rates
throughout the length of the string, therefore giving you weird =
harmonic
readings from the SAT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Just my hypothesis. Hope the real brain types will =
chime in
on this one. [grin]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Joe Garrett</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cmpiano@home.com href="mailto:cmpiano@home.com">Carl =
Meyer</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 21, 2001 =
6:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Scaling Problem
reduex</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your response. =
Only one so
far.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm sorry your Brombach "loner" is =
such an
unfriendly antisocial piano. I'm sure you meant "loaner" =
grin.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't doubt you are correct about =
twisting
causing the problem. I just would like to understand what is
happening. If twisting strings in the wrong direction causes the =
higher
partials to go flat, couldn't we take a string that is excessively =
sharp and
dial in a twist to correct it. Of course that is silly, but it =
shows
my dilemma in trying to explain what is going on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm still at a loss to explain why =
a string
would go radically flat at the higher partials on only one note and =
less so
on other notes. I used an Accutuner which may not =
have given the
info that rct would have regarding amplitude etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that I used two turn twists =
for the
single wound strings. In retrospect I realized that since this =
was a
very short string piano that may have been excessive. It =
hadn't
occurred to me at the time that twists should be related to the =
length of
the string. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I recently sold a 7 foot grand that =
had bass
strings by a particular maker, and some of the double wound strings =
were
somewhat dead. Having nothing to lose, I put three full turns =
on the
bad ones and they came alive. These were new strings. I =
probably
won't use that maker again. I notice that there is wide =
opinions
about twisting bass strings.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One more thought! If wire =
stiffness
causes higher partials to be sharp, did my twisting in the wrong =
direction
make the wire more limber? And did it stay more limber after =
twisting
in the correct direction?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So many questions! So few
answers!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 20, 2001 =
10:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Scaling =
Problem
reduex</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Carl,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>A few years ago, my son worked with me in my =
shop, he
couldn't get the principle of twisting in the direction of the =
winding.
Needless to say, he twisted the bass strings of my "loner" grand, =
(a 5'1"
Brombach), in the wrong direction. About 90% of those strings, =
even after
I retwisted them the correct direction, were bad. Really a nasty =
sound. I
have since replaced them, but what you experienced, I'm convinced, =
was due
to twisting in the reverse direction.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Regards, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Joe Garrett</FONT></DIV>
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</DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cmpiano@home.com =
href="mailto:cmpiano@home.com">Carl Meyer</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 20, =
2001 7:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Scaling =
Problem
reduex</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ain't gonna lurk no mo, no =
mo!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm gonna tell a story. =
It's a bit
sad and embarrassing for me but it ends =
okay.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A young man and his sister =
found an art
deco piano on the internet a year or so ago for 10000 =
dollars. It
had a severely cracked plate in the middle section. A half =
moon
crack thru the tuning pin area and the two struts at the ends =
cracked
about half way thru. This piano was a Strohmenger made in =
London
about 1930. It was 4'1". Piano was a half =
round</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>shape (As Victor Borge would =
say "That big
fat opera singer didn't lean on the side of the piano.") It was =
2-tone,
dark mahogany and light maple, and the rear of the lid opened =
like a
duck's rear end. The legs swooped down to the floor to =
meet at the
lyre. The mover said "I'll never forget where you =
live-It's where
I saw this butt ugly piano". Actually, it grew on =
me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The piano was in Austin,Tex and =
I was shown
a Xerox of the crack. I told them that if anyone in the =
area could
fix it I could and I doubted anyone else would even try. I =
won't
give you a price tho till I see it. Well, they went ahead =
and
bought it for 8000 and I did take on the job.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After repairing the plate (no I =
didn't weld
it, I re-enforced it patched it and used 1/4 thick, 2 inch wide =
steel
bar to support the sagging section and used lots of screws and =
steel
filled epoxy.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now the embarrassing =
part. I rescaled
the piano and was stringing fat, dumb and happy from the top =
down in the
bass and was 2/3 finished when I realized I was twisting the =
strings in
the wrong direction. Whoops! So I corrected them and
continued. You'll see why I have to admit this =
later.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The reason this applies to =
scaling is that
this piano had 35 notes below the bass break. There were =
no
agraffes at all. Notes 36 and 37 were bichord wound =
strings and
the next four notes were bichord plain wire.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a real problem when I =
chipped
it. Lots of chipping but </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the center section finally =
settled
down.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now when I tried to actually =
tune it, note
35 sounded terrible. It just couldn't be tuned. I tried =
tuning the
fundamental of both strings to the accutuner and the two strings =
didn't
even sound the same. Then I found that the left strings
partials 2-5 were 21, 3, 4, and18 cents flat. =
The right
were 21, 18, 21 and 38 cents flat. I sure didn't know what =
to
do. I called everybody I could think of. Nobody =
could give
me a good explanation. So I ordered a pair of the smallest =
universal strings I could get, put them on and lo and behold, It =
sounded
good. So I ordered four more strings and used them on =
notes 36 and
37 ( the first notes above the bass break) They weren't =
nearly as
bad as note 35 but </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I replaced the anyway. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now after all this work, I =
thought that
piano sounder better that a lot of much larger poorly scaled =
grands.
Certainly the best sounding 4'1" I've seen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The customer is delighted and =
so am
I.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here are some =
questions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did my twisting the strings in =
the wrong
direction damage them and what exactly did it do to =
them? And why
just the top three?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If they were just bad strings, =
what was
wrong with them?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm suspicious that the string =
winder
didn't use enough tension, but would that cause the partials to =
go
flat?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I checked the strings diameter =
and length
etc and couldn't find anything wrong, no loose windings, =
nothing.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What happened? =
Anybody?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sec@overspianos.com.au
href="mailto:sec@overspianos.com.au">Overs Pianos</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B></B> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B></B> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B></B> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 20, =
2001 6:11
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Scaling =
Problem
reduex</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Kevin, Joe, Ron and other lurkers,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Saw your post earlier today Kevin when you wrote:</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial =
size=-1> I've
noticed something on some newer pianos lately . . . I've =
been
encountering more and more pianos of late that seem to have =
a real
scaling problem in the low tenor section. . . but where I =
really see
it is in the new Yamaha model GA1, and . . GH1. What is =
happening is
that the designers of these pianos have put too many notes =
in the
tenor that belong in the bass. As you play chromatically =
down the
scale, these notes start sounding like "pong-pong-pong" and =
then you
hit the bass, and they sound normal =
again.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Your absolutely correct. Why oh why are so many =
manufacturers so
'thick' that they can't see that they're crippling their =
smaller
pianos by insisting on breaking at B27. Little pianos like the =
GA1
should break at E32/F33 at the lowest, but they just don't get =
it.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
size=-1> I know that this is caused by =
continuing
to drop the tension on the strings in order to get the =
fundamental
down to the required frequency, but you reach a certain =
point, and
you get a tone that seems hollow and is very difficult to =
fit in
with the rest of the tuning.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>As soon as the long bridge turns and heads for the bass =
side of
the case the scale has had it. If the break was higher up the =
tension
wouldn't fall away so dramatically.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
size=-1> I've had some partial success =
with
carefully doping the hammers, and voicing the bass down, =
plus
leveling strings, straightening termination points etc., but =
not to
any totally satisfactory result.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>No it's not possible to get it satisfactory. But why =
should
technicians in the field have to go to such measures just to =
get the
things to sound somewhat like a piano. And it's only half a =
fix
anyhow, because the problem is with the scale.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ron N's suggestion was sound, and I have no doubt that =
installing
bichord covers for a few notes will make the piano 'less bad' =
as he
says. But I'm more in favour of installing a tenor bridge and
completely rescaling the thing. But you wouldn't bother with a =
little
entry level piano like the GA1.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Kevin continued later in the day;</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial =
size=-1>Thanks to all
who have responded. . . . . . . . I have nothing but the =
greatest
respect for Yamaha, and their products, (I own two) but I =
can't
understand why that company, which is the most advanced in =
the
world, could produce a product with such obvious poor
planning.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>While Yamaha certainly know how to manufacture pianos to =
a
blueprint, they get the blueprint wrong. They don't seem to =
have a
clue about scale design with their smaller grands (ie, =
anything under
and before the C7F), and there's not a Japanese manufacturer =
with a
decent upright scale. Furthermore, both the Yamaha CF and =
Kawai's EX
are basically scaling clones of the Steinway D (all three have =
got a
speaking length at F21 of 183 cm - what a magic number this =
must be!).
Why? Why do this? What's so wrong with doing a bit of original =
thinking. We've all basically wasted a whole century by trying =
to
follow in the foot steps of one company. Why do this? We homo =
sapiens
are supposed to be intelligent, but sometimes we seem to be no =
more
creative than sheep.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial =
size=-1>The Japanese
are such industrious and intelligent people, that you would =
think
that surely they would stop and go back to the drawing-board =
before
shipping one.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>There are intelligent folks and idiots amongst all =
nationalities.
We just need to believe in ourselves now and then. We can move =
forward
if we let ourselves do it. It's no use going back to the =
'drawing
board' only to produce the same old trash. We need to rethink =
the
parameters, and it needs to happen in our generation. =
Actually, I
believe this list just might make it possible. Isn't that an =
exciting
prospect.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
size=-1> If I tuned nothing but Yamaha =
grands, I
could spend out my days in relative =
happiness.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I couldn't. They're fine while ever the wether stays =
stable. But
as soon as the wether changes the tuning stability is 'out the =
window', and its scale and down bearing and sound board =
related.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial =
size=-1>But I just
don't get it with these really small ones that are starting =
to come
out on the market.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Many designers seem to be such 'traditionaloids', they =
can't
bring themselves to move the break away from A#26/B27. That's =
where
it's always been historically - so we can't mess with =
tradition can
we? It's a similar situation with 7' grands which break at =
E20/F21.
Just because the concert piano breaks at F21, why should the =
7' scale
be ruined by breaking it at F21. A 145 cm F21 speaking length =
on the
7' is going to be somewhat short on break % compared to the =
183 cm F21
on the concert piano (and there's a 'paddock full' of these =
ordinary
7' pianos out there, which could be so much better at no extra =
cost).
Let's damn tradition, if there's a better way of designing =
than the
traditional way.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
size=-1> But I'm not working to please =
myself. I
just don't want a customer to buy one, and then think that =
it's a
tuning issue, like I should be able to just fix it in three =
to five
minutes. I'm a "technician" not a
"magician".</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Exactly, but you'd need to be a magician to get many of =
those
stupid little designs to hold tune for longer than takes for =
you to
get your kit back in the car - if indeed you were able to get =
it into
tune at all. I had an experience some years ago when I got a =
call-back
to a newish Japanese 131 cm top of the range vertical I'd =
tuned the
week before. "It's gone out of tune", she bleated over the =
phone. When
I checked the piano, it was the fallen-over tension area just =
before
the cross which had gone quite sharp (it had rained during the =
week
since the tuning hadn't it!). When I tried to explain that the =
problem
was with the scale design of the piano, the client didn't =
believe me.
She accused me of incompetence and of trying to pass the blame =
onto
the piano - which couldn't be the problem, after all, it was a =
new
piano! I was less than impressed with the prospect of wearing =
the
blame for something which I knew to be due to poor scale =
design.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>There, I feel a whole lot better now. I've been quietly =
bubbling
over for a while on this issue. Thanks Kevin.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>We must widen our design perspective. It is now possible =
to
design and build pianos which are better than anything which =
has gone
before. Let's do it! Even the cheaper pianos could still have =
better
design.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Over and out.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ron O</DIV>
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