<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Bob,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I remember seeing a very tall piano (I = think custom made by S&S, but I might be wrong about that) in the Madison/DuPont = home. (It belonged to the DuPonts, not the Madisons. ;-)  It had a very = large opening on its front side above the keyboard, paneled in gathered = fabric, if memory serves.  There might be a picture of it on the web somewhere.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</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=hullfam5@yahoo.com href="mailto:hullfam5@yahoo.com">Bob = Hull</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> Thursday, August 21, 2003 = 9:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Over 6' Tall = Upright</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>We were watching an old Judy Garland movie, Harvey Girls, I = think was the title.  In the movie there was a beautiful, ornate = upright that was taller than the man playing it - when he stood up.  It = looked like it was maybe 6' 6".  It had a cupid type figure painted on = the front panel.  I wonder if the strings were really that long  or if = the case was just that tall.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Has anyone else seen this piano or one like it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If the strings were that long, it would have to have had about 2 = or 3 foot long stickers to have the hammers reach a strike point!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob</DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=10469/*http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com"= >Yahoo! SiteBuilder</A> - Free, easy-to-use web site design software</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>