<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Bill, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Would you mind sending these pictures to me = as well? I've been interested in these pianos for some time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Delwin D Fandrich<BR>Piano Designer & Builder<BR>Hoquiam, Washington  USA<BR>E.mail:  <A href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A><BR>= Web Site:  <A href="http://www.pianobuilders.com">www.pianobuilders.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=wjm@pacbell.net href="mailto:wjm@pacbell.net">Bill = Morton</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> March 01, 2002 10:05 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Rippen Metal = Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>At 07:30 AM 3/1/2002 -0500, you = wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite">Thanks Bill Morton for the = pictures. WOW, that is one unusual piano. <BR>I see it is straight strung! It = looks awful grey under the strings - please don't tell me it has an = aluminum soundboard also? What is the wooden curved object that I see under = the strings to the rear of the dampers? How long is the piano? How does = it sound?????</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>