<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <FONT= size=2>Probably been needled to death...? David I. <FONT= size=2>  -----= Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: <<A= href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A>> To:= <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 02:21:49 EDT Subject: Deadness in= Falcone List,= I tuned a 12-15 year old Falcone 74(I believe it is 7= foot 4 inches) last week, and while it was in all other regards= an extremely well made instrument, the "killer octave" was= fairly dead--not much sound, not much sustain.  I didn't= measure crow Thanks, Dave Stahl PS.=  Found the article below on the web.  Old news, but= interesting <IMG height=1= src="http://images.inc.com/px.gif" width=1 border=0> <IMG= height=1 src="http://images.inc.com/px.gif" width=1 border=0>=     When we last wrote about Santi= Falcone ("Piano Man," January 1987), his Falcone Piano Co. was= four years old and riding high on its reputation as one of the= finest young manufacturers of handcrafted pianos. Today, the= Haverhill, Mass., plant is puttin stock, and Santi Falcone had= resigned.Falcone says he surrendered his stock believing no= management changes would be made -- and was immediately offered= a demotion to marketing and product development. Says current= president Jerry Keppler, "Santi was a ge says that by February,= he'll make a final decision on whether to start a new piano= company.-- Leslie Brokaw= </BODY></HTML>