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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>It looks like many pianotechnicians own an
old piano ? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>So do I, an old (1925)high quality Belgian baby
grand with tremendous sustain (and loose tuningpins), but it stays remarquably
well in tune and has only verry minor pitch changes thrue the seasons. The
action is from Renner and the plate looks verry strong.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>My other favorite is waiting for a complete
restauration an dis an old (1895)German piano. A rather unknown brand (Duysen)
and it looks like a copy from a Bechstein.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:PersonName ProductID="Pierre Gevaert" w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Pierre
Gevaert</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=navy><span style='color:
navy'>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Message d'origine-----<br>
De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] De la
part de Phil Bondi<br>
Envoyé : mercredi 26 avril 2006 13:22<br>
À : Newtonville<br>
Objet : Our own pianos</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hi all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I am curious more than anything: what do you have for a piano in your <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>own home?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Me? Charles Walter Console. I bought it when I was apartment dwelling, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>and move it into my Coach Home. Now that I have room for a Grand, I
have <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>a 1863 Style2 that will be getting the full treatment..a real labor of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>love for the foreseeable future.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I also admit that I rarely play the piano in my own home, so owning an <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>antique that will be fully restored is a bit much..but I'm curious.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-Phil Bondi(Fl)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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