<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/26/01 6:49:55 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>stephen_airy@yahoo.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">Could someone recommend some good brands and models of
<BR>9-foot grand pianos? I'm trying to price some concert
<BR>grands for under $10,000 (preferably under $7,000). I
<BR>don't care if they need work on them, so long as they
<BR>can get by with a tuning and regulation in order to
<BR>make all 88 notes sound.
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<BR>A good concert grand for under $10,000 is an oxymoron. You either want a
<BR>cheap concert grand that look decent and will just barely stay in tune, and
<BR>needs lots of work to regulate, or you want a good concert grand that cannot
<BR>be tuned because the block is shot, nor regulated because the parts are
<BR>completely worn out, and looks like hell.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>