<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19393"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>    I've also worked on a few of these painted ladies.  I don't know if it's psychological, imaginary or real, but somehow these pianos don't have the tonal quality of unpainted ones.  Maybe its because they are mainly old and tired to begin with.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>    Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com href="mailto:alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com">Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft</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> Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Interesting Piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>It's a Hallet, Davis & Co., Circa 1918, which I partially rebuilt. The artist who painted it called it the Garden Symphony. It is painted in the style of Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny painting. <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT: medium Arial; WORD-WRAP: break-word; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Arial; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida Calligraphy'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18px" class=Apple-style-span><I>Al -</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida Calligraphy'"><I>High Point, NC</I></FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Jan 6, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Euphonious Thumpe <<A href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top>This one I like best of all the painted pianos shown here! (What is it, though?)<BR><BR>Thumpe</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV id=_origMsg_> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif:font-size:10pt"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN> </B>Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <<A href="mailto:alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com">alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com</A>>; <BR><B><SPAN>To:</SPAN> </B><<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>>; <BR><B><SPAN>Subject:</SPAN> </B>Re: [pianotech] Interesting Piano <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN> </B>Sun, Jan 6, 2013 2:08:41 PM <BR></FONT><BR> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top>And here's another. If anyone is interested, I have this one for sale. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT: medium Arial; WORD-WRAP: break-word; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Arial; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida Calligraphy'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18px" class=Apple-style-span><I>Al -</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida Calligraphy'"><I>High Point, NC</I></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida
 Calligraphy'"><I><BR></I></FONT></DIV><Painted em2.jpg><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></DIV>On Jan 5, 2013, at 7:43 PM, David Boyce <<A href="javascript:return" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David@piano.plus.com</A>> wrote:</DIV> <DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Debbie, I think your painted piano is wonderful!  I love the colours on the sharps too!  For a childhood effort it's truly phenomenal.  <BR><BR>I photographed this "art case" Steinway D in the London showroom in October....<BR><BR>You pay A LOT more for this artwork.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR><BR>David<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.davidboyce.co.uk</A><BR></FONT></DIV><SPAN><Art Steinway D.jpg></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>