<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm having problems with my !ntellect program's email so I have to copy to Outlook Express...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't see Charles Walters much, but at Stanford they had a sale and a 6+ C Walters was available.   I was under impressed with it.   Maybe it is a quiet piano?   I would really like to be impressed with Charles Walters but I see so few in California, Bay Area...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Ilvedson</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>I'm somewhat surprised that, when discussing the new grand market, the name Charles Walter doesn't pop up more often.  Smaller company, a bit more limited distribution, perhaps, and not the "Big Brand Name" image, but their 6' 4" grand is definitely on my short list<BR>of keepers.<BR><BR>Dan Dannenfelser,<BR>Sacramento, CA<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu><BR>To: bruce@bgpianotech.com; Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 2:23 pm<BR>Subject: Re: Mason & Hamlin & Other Pianos<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_6e69e72c-3ea6-4b62-8914-0f535be3eb01><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Bruce,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I think the M&H new ones are great!!  I worked in a store a few years ago when the "new" ones started coming in..  A far better instrument over the Aeolean's to be sure, but not sure about how they compare to the good old days.  Those oldies must have been really good to compete with Steinway, but Steinway still ruled then....as now. We have a few here from the 20's and are really dependable.  The new ones I serviced at the store in Seattle were easy to tune and prep out of the box, and had a rich, warm sound with that carrying, powerful bass that they were famous for in the old days...</FONT> <BR><BR></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAE97F9279F5DA-B7C-6DA><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Find phone numbers fast with the <A title=http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001 href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target=_blank>New AOL Yellow Pages</A>!</FONT> </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>