<!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></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yep!</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:55 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A title="mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au">ron@overspianos.com.au</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mason & Hamlin & Other Pianos</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>  Hey What  about<BR><BR> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><STRONG>1.Top Dog no contest... Custom Restored pianos by small shop artisans, Made in America!</STRONG> </FONT>. <STRONG>LOL<BR></STRONG> <STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">1. The Overs piano from Ausralia. Nothing like it</FONT><BR></STRONG><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>1.  Hamburg Steinway</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>2.  New York Steinway</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>3.  Fazioli (too much $)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>4.  Bosendorfer  (also too much $ and brighter than I like)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>5.  Yamaha - always dependable, easy to service, etc)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>6.  Kawai - ( same as Yamaha, but I like their tone better, especailly on FF or FFF)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>7. These last two, Estonia and Petrof, I'm not a big fan of, but consider them equal in terms of workability, tunability, regulateability, etc, so, if you're picking between two, it would be play both next to each other, check actions, etc and flip a coin. without the abilty to compare, I would choose the Petrov....</FONT> <BR><BR>Dale Erwin <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAE982CC785A60-504-8C9><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></BODY></HTML>