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<DIV> <STRONG><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=3>Hi
Stan</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=3> Again ,a great
review & thank you most humbly for the glowing accolades to us all. As
a matter of slightly further clarification on the action & giving full
credit where it is due on David's Steinway C, I did the custom
tweaked back action & spent a good deal of time getting the new keyboard
position in the action cavity pursuant to a new strike line setting etc ,.
But after that Steve Belleiu & David A. built the whole action from the
ground up with new action frame, parts & custom balanced the action
using Stanwood protocol & further S. Bellieu wizardry. David
performed voicing magic & final prep. Superb
job.....dudes.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=3> This C came with a
mason hamlin keyboard & back action. A real jumbled bumbled piece of
backyard mechanic --ing</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=3> Dale
Erwin</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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color=#c00000>Friends,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>Dale Erwin asked me to
share with the List (though some, mostly editors, have seen it before) this
article that I wrote and which was published in the September 2006 issue of
The Wippenpost, the Chicago Chapter newsletter, of which I am the
editor. If it can add to this discussion in any way, I am happy to do
so.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A most impressive instrument!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>David Andersen, of </FONT></SPAN><FONT
size=3><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto
MT'">Malibu</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'"> </SPAN><st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'">CA</SPAN></st1:State></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'">, described his business of
custom restoration, showing his magnificent Steinway C with a soundboard built
by Dale Erwin, from </SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'">Modesto</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'"> </SPAN><st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'">CA</SPAN></st1:State></st1:place></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'"><FONT size=3>, and the rest
of the piano rebuilt completely by Dave and his shop and design partner, Steve
Bellieu.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG><U>(In a later
correction to this article, it was explained that Dale had designed the entire
belly AND had provided an entirely new action and keyboard, as the piano had
arrived with an unworkable, nonstandard action and keyboard.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dave and Steve had weighed off and
tweaked the action further, resulting in wonderful touch and
control</U>.)</STRONG><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the
mini-concert that followed, my bell was rung completely by that
instrument—after a life spent in music, I have now heard THE finest piano
sound I’ve ever experienced.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
instrument positively sparkles! <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, the keyboard has been
painstakingly balanced, a feature that the pianist complimented profusely
after his performance.</FONT><STRONG><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<DIV>Stan Ryberg <BR>Barrington IL
<BR><U>jstan40@sbcglobal.net</U></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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