<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Ben---Please take a look at this; it's the best retrofit unit on the planet. I've heard it up close, for 2 hours, and it's truly awesome.<div>Wayne Stahnke is the O.G.---original genius---with solenoid-based reproducing machines.</div><div><a href="http://www.live-performance.com">http://www.live-performance.com</a>/</div><div>Best,</div><div>David Andersen</div><div><br><div><html>On Apr 22, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Willem Blees wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><wbr>Ben<br> <br> Your concern seems to be the effect on how the action plays and the sound of the piano. A correctly installed Piano Disc system alters neither. After the installation, you will not be able to tell any difference in the way the action feels, nor what the piano sounds like.<br> <br> I used to work for a guy who sold used pianos. He wasn't a piano player or technician, but loved selling them. He was very particular about who he sold his piano to. He would go to a customers house to see where the piano was going to be placed, and ask detailed question about who was going to play it, and how it was going to be played. If he didn't think the piano would be treated right, he refused to sell the piano. In other words, he was eccentric. <br> <br> When I sold pianos, as long as the check didn't bounce, I could care less what they did with the piano once it left my store. If you don't need the money, then don't sell it to them. Otherwise, once they buy it from you, it's theirs to do with what they want.<br> <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> <a href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</a></div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Benjamin Loeb <<a href="mailto:ben@benloeb.com">ben@benloeb.com</a>><br> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 6:42 am<br> Subject: Steinway Concert Grand -- player piano<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_57654116-c964-4d81-a3f9-ff0cf9206daf">Does anyone have any feelings about turning a Steinway concert grand into an electronic player piano? I have a potential buyer of my piano who wants to add the disc system, or something like that. As a piano purist, I am considering not selling her the piano if she is serious because I don't want to affect the quality of the sound or action of the piano. But, is it possible to attach these devices without affecting anything? The piano would be in her home, but would be used for rather large (~100 people) home performances. <div><br> <div><br> <div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face="Helvetica" size="3">Benjamin Loeb</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face="Helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://www.benloeb.com/" target="_blank">www.benloeb.com</a></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face="Helvetica" size="3">p/f (915) 875-0231</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face="Helvetica" size="3">c (915) 525-4033</font></div> </div> <br> </div> </div> = </div> <div id="u8CA72BDC79C27D0-1178-2103" class="aol_ad_footer"><font style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><hr style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get the <a title="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" href="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" target="_blank">MapQuest Toolbar</a>, Maps, Traffic, Directions & More!</font> </div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>