<!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 6.00.2900.3429" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have a customer who is selling their piano - about a
6-foot grand. A Decker. This thing is a WWII TANK+1/2. Very few pianos I have
seen as heavily built. It would be a beaut to put a Fandrich belly
into.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=flibberti.gibbet@yahoo.com
href="mailto:flibberti.gibbet@yahoo.com">Thomas Martin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 18, 2008 7:56
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Best Grand Under 6' Was Re:
Conover Grand</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top>
<DIV>Widely considered the best grand under 6' is Mason & Hamlin's
claim in their liturature so when I read Jack Wyatt's email that says
"It is my opinion that the 77 ranks in the top 5
5"7' 5"8's ever built. Almost with the Chickering 145
and the M-H A-3 thru A-6." I have to wonder are
you leaving out 3 of the 5 or in a sense counting the M-H 4 times?
(which would actually make your list 6 pianos long) I guess
another interesting topic could be so called copies. If conover is
like a Mason and Steinert like a Steinway - any other notible copies
that could be considered bargins?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I've been curious about these things for awhile and I'm glad it
came up.</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks in advance,</DIV>
<DIV>Thomas
Martin</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do
You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
<BR>http://mail.yahoo.com </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>