<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> March 15, 2003 9:55 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Wissner grands</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>Encountered an old Wissner grand (7') the other day.  It = seemed to be a very well made piano with great potential(though in need of a = variety of things, not least of which is a soundboard).  It appears to mimic = the Mason and Hamlin design somewhat.  Anybody know anything about = these pianos.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Odd. The = Wissner's I've enountered have seemed much more Steinway clonish. Including the = wonderful 54" to 56" upright that was a much improved version of the Steinway upright. = Had a much better treble string termination system. Looked similar but had = better string deflection angles. It was also the only upright piano I've ever = seen with a fourth aliquot string ala Bluthner.</FONT></P> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>