<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Brand new Hamburg Steinway O</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#D8D0C8"> <BLOCKQUOTE>List, Just returned from working on a brand new Hamburg Steinway O which was ship= ped from London to S. Florida and arrived 2 days ago. Thought I would share = a few  facts about how Hamburg Steinway crated and prepared this piano = for it's voyage.. l. The crate was equipped with a battery powered device which determined if= the crate ever was been tilted left or right beyond a reasonable point. The= light would click on a remain on if that situation ever occurred throughout= the voyage.  The crate was a work of art, almost as nice as the piano = inside. 2. The piano not only arrived in reasonable tune, but in excellent tune at = A440. 3. Not one disconcernable false beat anywhere throughout the entire keyboar= d. 4. The action was in beautiful regulation and voicing. I have to handed to our overseas Steinway people. What a joy to work on an = instrument which had been prepared so carefully. Obviously, Hamburg Steinway= had the customer's best interest at stake. Bravo Steinway! Tom Servinsky <BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FON= T FACE="Verdana"> My experience as well over the years, Tom. Beautiful work, beautiful work e= thic, classic protocols and artisan focus pretty much describes Hamburg Stei= nway and their approach.  Their counterparts over here have a steep hil= l to climb, and that’s just the truth as we all know it. Xoxo David Andersen </BODY> </HTML>