<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>I did check it out with her. I measured everything and inspected = everything.<BR>Everthing is OK. But I'm asking about the sum of all the parts. I don't<BR>play, so I = will perhaps always lack a bit with the final decision. But I<BR>think = someone that has been exposed to one for a period of time would have a<BR>better = opinion on some of its aspects.<BR><BR>You can go on a first date and check out all = you can think of (with due<BR>consideration for appropriate social constraints, = of course), but you'll<BR>know her a lot better if you live with her a = while. I guess that is what I<BR>am asking about......what do you have after the honeymoon is over?  ;-)"<BR><BR>Terry Farrell</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Well, that's = something to be considered too. Actually, the only thing negative about Petrof that I = have ever heard concerned their longevity. People like me who do most of their = work on new pianos tend not to see them too much when they're twenty years old, so = it's easy to get a really good impression, and think they're the greatest things = since sliced bread, only to find problems after a number of years.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin  Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>