<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>Mark,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll be the first to vouch for the "Crescendo Effect."  If you'd l= ike to come and try my piano, you're welcome to.  I live in Santa Clara.&nb= sp; I recently put a set of Andre's punchings in my Mason and Hamlin.  I wi= sh I could play it more, but I'm too busy working on other people's pianos...:-(</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Give me a call at 650-224-3560 if you'd like to check them out.  I'll  be on vacation next week, but will be around after the 26th.</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>