<!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 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>"A magic wood?" It very well could be. Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah. That was an unusual grain type. I remember it now. I picked it out because I had a couple big boards of it and I could match everything up (aesthetically) real nice. It was a bit unusual though (wide winter wood). I made another, more recent, board for David for a Knabe with more "normal" Sitka Spruce - more like what went into Ron Nossaman's S&S B that he had at Rochester. I trust that stuff will work also.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(I tell ya what - when I listened to Ron Nossaman's piano being played by that wonderful youngster from the local university after my class - I was simply spellbound - in all honest I don't ever recall being gripped by a piano performance (and I'm not sure whether I am talking about the pianist or the piano) in that manner before - maybe Spock could explain it to me.....)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've got another 1,000 bd.-ft. of "magic wood" just waiting for your order!!!!!  ;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Realistically, sure, I hope the good sound is part becuase of my work, but I really think most of it is Del Fandrich's design work. I think the bottom line is that I simply didn't screw up anything while building the soundboard - nor did David when he installed the soundboard. But that's my goal in the work I do - someone gives me a set of design specs and I do my best to build a soundboard that accurately reflects that set of specs. If I do my job and accurately turn a set of specs and drawings into reality - and it turns out good - I hope it was because it was a good design and I simply did my part of implementing that design.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm glad you liked David's piano. I wish I could hear it.......   <FONT size=4>:-(</FONT></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> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Hi Terry</DIV> <DIV>   I believe it is. A very interestingly wide grain too. What a sound.  A Magic wood????grin</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <DIV> </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>Dale - I had built a Del Fandrich-designed soundboard for David this past April. I guess I had kinda forgotten about it and never heard about the end result. Is the one you describe below perhaps the same one?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV>Farrell Piano</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A title=http://www.farrellpiano.com/ href="http://www.farrellpiano.com/">www.farrellpiano.com</A></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>SNIP</B></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Yes I heard David Loves pianos as well.  His M is by far a remarkable sounding instrument.  It touts all the best tonal features of the original Steinway scale. It was by far one of the clearest most powerful & musical M's  I have encountered.  The treble with no weaks spots  floats on a sea of sustain.  & the bass was huge. Being that I haven't heard other Ms do this in 35 years  I can only draw one conclusion.  It's the design. </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  His A also similarly had a treble very much like the Overs quality of sound also floating on a sea of sustain.  Rarely have I heard sustain this strong in the trebles in C.C. boards & but certainly not the clarity and focus this one had.  Again it has to be design. </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  SNIP</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale Erwin</EM></STRONG></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>