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<div>You should try Marian at <SPAN class=correction id="">PianoDisc</SPAN>. (916) 567-9999. I can't remember her last name, but I believe she's had a hand in keeping the directory. If it's not her, she'll be able to steer you. And Patrick is right. Any chance you get to talk to Paul <SPAN class=correction id="">Monachino</SPAN> is a treat. I had dinner with him and a few other Mason & Hamlin people at the C<SPAN class=correction id="">al</SPAN> State Conference in San Francisco back in February....The guy is a walking history book.</div>
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<div>Take care,</div>
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<div>Daniel F. <SPAN class=correction id="">Dannenfelser</SPAN>, <SPAN class=correction id="">RPT</SPAN></div>
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From: jpdraine@gmail.com<br>
To: annie@allthingspiano.com; pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Tue, 3 <SPAN class=correction id="">Apr</SPAN> 2007 4:56 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Mason & Hamlin "directory"<br>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_2891263a-1429-4528-b5de-f5a1e4783fbd>While I don't recall the notice you reference, Paul <SPAN class=correction id="">Monachino</SPAN> of <br>
Fairport NY (585-377-1904) was a lifelong Mason & Hamlin employee of <br>
the company in its various permutations (Boston MA - E. Rochester MA - <br>
<SPAN class=correction id="">Ivoryton</SPAN> CT - <SPAN class=correction id="">Haverhill</SPAN> MA); the latter two locations mostly as a <br>
consultant. He saved the M&H <SPAN class=correction id="">logbooks</SPAN> from the <SPAN class=correction id="">dumpsters</SPAN> when <SPAN class=correction id="">Aeolian</SPAN> <br>
went under, preserving them so the current incarnation now has the <br>
records. <br>
So they (or at least Paul) already know where most of their pianos <br>
were originally sent off to. I understood that a major effort had been <br>
made to digitize al the records, but perhaps some or all of that info <br>
went up in smoke when the <SPAN class=correction id="">PianoDisc</SPAN> <SPAN class=correction id="">HQ</SPAN> had that fire last year. <br>
In any event, a call to Paul or M&H <SPAN class=correction id="">HQ</SPAN> would probably be enjoyable and <br>
informative. <br>
Patrick <SPAN class=correction id="">Draine</SPAN> <br>
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On 4/3/07, Annie <SPAN class=correction id="">Grieshop</SPAN> <<A href='javascript:parent.ComposeTo("annie%40allthingspiano.com", "");'>annie@allthingspiano.com</A>> wrote: <br>
> I have a vague memory of seeing an announcement in the Journal some time <br>
> back from someone who was collecting location information on old Mason & <br>
> <SPAN class=correction id="">Hamlins</SPAN>, particularly those at historic sites. Does that ring a bell for <br>
> anyone else and can you tell me who it was and/or how to contact that <br>
> person? Thanks! <br>
> <br>
> Wrestling with a former player <SPAN class=correction id="">Gulbranson</SPAN> today (the third in a row of three <br>
> <SPAN class=correction id="">sad'n'worn</SPAN> pianos), I found a bass bridge repair I've never seen before: <br>
> when the bridge cracked badly, a resourceful tuner <SPAN class=correction id="">reseated</SPAN> most of the <br>
> lower row closer to the middle of the bridge. Must've worked for a while... <br>
> but now, of course, the entire bridge is pretty much in splinters. That <br>
> piano will make some really nice deep bookshelves one of these days....... <br>
> <br>
> Annie <SPAN class=correction id="">Grieshop</SPAN> <br>
> Iowa <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
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