<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>It looks like they're a Chinese = company:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.ascpianos.com/PagesOther/ads_articles/MTprMar02.html">= http://www.ascpianos.com/PagesOther/ads_articles/MTprMar02.html</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Here's the Falcone line.  Schmitt Music carries = them here in Minnesota:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.ascpianos.com/PagesPianos/Falconehome.html">http://www= .ascpianos.com/PagesPianos/Falconehome.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>They've also purchased the rights to the brands = "Hobart M. Cable" and "George Steck & Co.".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.ascpianos.com/PagesPianos/ASCpianohome.html">http://ww= w.ascpianos.com/PagesPianos/ASCpianohome.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</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=draine@comcast.net href="mailto:draine@comcast.net">J = Patrick Draine</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 13, = 2003 1:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Falcone = vertical</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 01:18 PM, = pianolover 88 wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>Hello list,<BR><BR>Just serviced my first = Falcone...vertical! I know that it's a relatively new company, founded in the 80's by Mr.. = Falcone, a fellow technician. But what I didn't know, = is  that they now make uprights in addition to Grands.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>FYI:<BR>"They" aren't the same company = that Santi Falcone founded a bit more than 20 years ago. The company does, = however, apparently have the legal right to use the name. <BR>Santi Falcone's = company made a limited number of 6', 7', and 9' grands during the 1980s (in = Woburn and Haverhill, MA).<BR>Santi is in the process of returning to = manufacturing concert grand pianos.<BR><BR>Patrick = Draine<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>