<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/20/2005 2:29:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bjsilva001@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> John</DIV> <DIV>  I totally understand. Sound is Sound. </DIV> <DIV>  Mason by the way & IMHo dried there boards down more before ribbing & more than Steinway or at least the evidence from this kin= d of Major cracking I see in most of them. Sometimes these old things just work i= n spite of theory.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>But even if my piano had cracks <BR>galore, say like one of my friends' old Mason a= nd Hamlin A (which <BR>incidentally sounds quite nice), what difference does = that make if it <BR>has a more pleasing sound than a new one with no cracks?<BR><BR>-- John<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>