<!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 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/14/2006 5:46:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>Noooooooo! That's just too much! I didn't see that. I will definately take a much closer look next time I go out there. Sounds like an amazing setup. Seem like Bauer experimented maybe even more than Chickering! Didn't they know that the piano had already been perfected back in the 1880s in NY?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>  Terry</DIV> <DIV>   I found a 1917 pat. date but the no Illudes me.  I'll find it later</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>