<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" 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> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><SPAN class=281141116-12032007>To my knowledge, Falcone was a great piano when it was built around the Boston area. Since then, I think the name is now used by a Chinese piano builder. The pianos coming out of these factories could be in all kind of state. I just finished tuning a Remington 150 this morning (chinese built supposedly from Pramberger Co.) and found out that the backscale is going up from the bridge. What got me suspicious is that I could actually see the string plane going up. I measured and it was indeed really going upward... Go figure how that piano is going to age...</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281141116-12032007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281141116-12032007>Marcel Carey, RPT</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281141116-12032007>Sherbrooke, QC</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>