<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial>Without starting a discussion of the = uselessness of square grands in general, is a Matushek considered one of the better = examples of this genre?  <BR><BR>Tom Sivak</FONT></FONT><FONT = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT><FONT face=Arial> <BR><SPAN class=753053716-02022004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>[Paul Chick (Earthlink)] </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=753053716-02022004><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2>I'm a little late getting back on this...what year?  I = worked on the action of a Mathushek that had typical grand action = parts-shanks and wippens.  I recall the manufacturing = date in the 1910's, maybe later.  I may be able to locate my data = sheets if needed.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=753053716-02022004><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2>Paul = C</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>