<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>In a message dated 1/8/2003 2:01:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:<BR>
Ric<BR>
Ya think? It is truly amazing isn't it Ric. The survival of the fattest I mean fittest...no actually part of it has to do witht he cabinet being so enclosed I beleive it tends to moderate the atmosphere exchanges. Plus they live against walls. I know that doesn't explain it all ,oh,oh yeh and then theres that pesky American craftsman ship to consider and excellent old growth wood supplies etc and then there is the mysterious un</B>explainable sthat <B>makes keeps us all guessing Ya Know?<BR>
Regards---Dale Erwin</B><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Actually, compared to an awfull lot of brand new instruments I hear...<BR>
this old lady (Steinway K) sounded really nice indeed.<BR>
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RicB<BR>
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