<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=ISO-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Dear Philippe,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>J'espère que vous appréciez la saison de Printemps. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think it refers to the elaboarate art cases that were popular a century ago and were best made by Erard, Gaveau, and Pleyel, IMHO.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All the best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Richard Galassini</DIV> <DIV>Cunningham Piano Co.</DIV> <DIV>(215) 991-0834</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/16/2006 5:12:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, phil.errembault@skynet.be writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Bob, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have taken a look on this Cantos Museum website, and found the following sentence in the virtual gallery, in the desciption for "Sebastian Erard, Grand piano" : "The French were known for their decadent piano designs"... Does anyone have an idea why it is so ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Philippe Errembault</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>