<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>Thomas,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Don't give it up!!  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is it about the piano you don't like?  Heavy action and...?&n= bsp; I think putting "D" hammers on it probably didn't complement the charac= ter of the piano or make it sound anything like a "D".  IMHO, the best= Masons have a rich, lustrous tone.  My 1919 AA has Ronsen hammers = on it--pre-Wurzen, too--and it really sings.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My advice is to make connections with people in your chapter and solici= t advice about action, hammers, voicing, etc.  Just because you personally can't make it the piano of your dreams doesn't mean that it can't be done, and much cheaper than buying a new piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What would your alternative piano B?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/24/05 2:35:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, tmaurice@verizon.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000080 size= =2> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Concert pianist= and NEWBIE technician (since September of ’04) here.  Have been l= urking and learning tremendous amounts from great posts on this list for many months,= and have emailed and spoken with several of you privately.  </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I own an M&= H BB (#91577 - 2002) that I bought in Jan of 2004 which was supposed to be my personal instrument for practice and recording.  I have not been satisfied with this instrument since purchase, and have spent a great deal= of time and money having work done on it, including new NY Steinway D hammers= , which did not help.  I now wish to sell the piano, as quickly as poss= ible (love/hate relationship with it – and the ‘hate’ h= as won out).  I thought maybe someone on the list may be interested for themselves or for a client.  The piano came ‘Stanwoodized’, but with an E= XTREMELY heavy action that has been ‘tweaked’, but needs much attention.&= nbsp; I think there is a truly great piano in there someplace, but it needs the eyes, ears and= hands of a far more skilled technician than me to achieve that.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyhow, I am on= ly asking $29K for it.  If anyone is interested, please email me off-lis= t and I can provide with the ‘sordid’ history of the instrum= ent.  My private email is below and in the header of course.  Thanks everyone = and it’s a pleasure to read all the informative posts to this list = – I feel like I know half of you intimately already!!!  Cheers.</SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>