<div> Another "new" discovery. http://www.plosone.org/doi/pone.0002554 Is it Stradivarius or Bush and Lane? P </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> -----Original Message----- From: Delwin D Fandrich <fandrich@pianobuilders.com> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 4:39 pm Subject: RE: Violin wood <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_c99d4faa-f653-4305-8458-751ba7558f0e" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>We once rebuilt (and redesigned) a Bush & Lane grand leaving off all references to the original manufacturers name. For a long time I refused to tell anyone who had originally built the piano. I was not surprised -- read "suspicions confirmed" -- at how many technicians and musicians were unwilling to give an opinion of the piano's performance without knowing the brand name. For a while I had fun telling folks it had started life as a Kimball. Many were still unwilling to make a commitment -- they wanted to like it but it was, after all, a Kimball. And we all know it's not permitted to actually "like" a Kimball grand. Then for a while I fessed up and told folks it started life as a Bush & Lane. Now, suddenly, everybody liked the piano. Same piano, of course, just a different name It was ultimately sold to a piano teacher who didn't care what the brand name was -- she was enchanted by the way the piano played, sounded and looked. My kind of customer. ddf | -----Original Message----- | From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> | [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman | Sent: July 02, 2008 1:01 PM | To: Pianotech List | Subject: Re: Violin wood | | | > Sometimes I wonder if beauty might be most vividly beheld | through the | > ear of the mythmaker. | > | > ddf | | Sometimes? But then it's always interesting to try to get an | impression of what's being heard (violin, piano, whatever) | before the author of the impression knows what it is. | | Ron N | </tt></pre> </div>  <div id='u8CAAAA8B36F854D-17B8-6D1' class='aol_ad_footer'><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The Famous, the infamous, the lame - in your browser. <A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target="_blank">Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</A>! </div>