<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this church wants an American = piano, check out Mason and Hamlin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If they want something more = exotic, check out the Shiguru Kawai and Bluthner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If they want to go for broke, check out = the Fazioli.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just some thoughts ...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt  RPT<BR>Ann = Arbor  MI<BR></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=gnewell@ameritech.net = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 09, = 2003 4:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Money's no = object</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Greetings list = goers,<BR><X-TAB>        </X-TAB>= I am in a position of trying to gather information for a church who has a = sky high budget to find a piano their music director likes. I believe they are interested in a 7 footer. He, the director, has tried and likes the = Grotrian and the Pleyel. He has tried more than a few S&S B's and was = "under whelmed (his words)" by them. He disliked the "accelerated action" specifically. He has seen the Petrof and was somewhat interested but = not for the main instrument so he may be looking at a 7' and possibly a 6' = instrument as well. He rather dislikes the bright, harsh sound and favors a full = bodied tone quality. A man after my own heart! In the case of a rather large = budget with these tastes in mind, where would you steer this individual? I = even suggested a hand built piano like one from Ron Overs or Stephen P. (I = forget his last name) but it seems that he is trying to have something in = place by January as the donators of the money are getting antsy. Suggestions = PLEASE! <BR><BR>Greg<BR>Greg Newell<BR>Greg's piano Forté<BR><A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></TT></BODY></HTML>