<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>  <FONT size=4>   Terry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>    Judging from the mostly positive resp= onses, No flame suit is required & certainly for the truthful opini= ons expressed here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  Thanks to all the great feedback on this thread. = I believe the answer to my original question is yes Some are doing this &amp= ; yes perhaps & trend is/or will continue to develop.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>   Best to all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I was just funnin' about the Mexico thing. I know he= does the work in-house.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have do disagree with you regarding the sound pote= ntial of the old uprights. You suggested, <FONT color=#0000ff size=2>"wh= en properly rebuilt"<FONT color=#000000 size=3> that they have the poten= tial to "</FONT>give a lot better sound than most of the bottom of the line = grands you can find on the market these days (Korean, Chinese etc.).<FONT co= lor=#000000 size=3>" This is simply not true by matter of omission, IMHO= . I believe they have the potential to give a way, way, superior sound than = most of the bottom-level grands <EM>and</EM> mid-level smaller grands <= EM>and</EM> upper-level micro-grands (five-foot-ish) you can find on th= e market these days.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'd lend you my flame suit, but I just may need it!<= /FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3 FAMILY= ="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Dale Erwin<BR>Erwins Piano Restorations<BR>4721 Par= ker Rd, Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>erwinspiano@aol.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>