<!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 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Concert situation? Sure. But my point is that any piano where the player is trying to play well - and especially where the player is practicing and trying to improve his/her skills, IMHO, is a performance piano!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So even the Kimball console that little Suzie-Six-Year-Old plays is a performance piano because she is trying to play better. If the action centers are tight, if the key bushings are too loose, if the dampers are poorly regulated - Suzie's progress is going to be slowed. Nothing on her piano is broken, but it does need lots of fixing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</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> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> Julia Gottshall </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's true if your piano is serving strictly a utilitarian role. If it is a performance piano (meaning any piano where good performance is desired/appreciated), then that rule breaks down quickly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Yes you are right, how true, I do hardly any concert work, that makes sense</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>SNIP</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>