<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 05/22/2002 8:24:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Tvak@AOL.COM writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Does anyone have any knowledge of this brand? Would it be worth picking up
<BR>and working on? I could get it practically free. (Needs repinning and
<BR>damper felts, but everything else, pinblock, and bridges included seemed in
<BR>good shape. Hammers had been replaced at some point. Cabinet had some
<BR>ornate carving on the "leg" portion.)
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<BR>Tom Sivak
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<BR>Tom,
<BR> We have a 9' Steiff concert grand at the college I tune (work) for,and it is a wonderful instrument.It would definetely be worth getting,in my opinion.
<BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT></HTML>