<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I haven't seen the new ones, but I have = an old one.  I've always thought that it has a gutsier (is that a word?) = sound than any L I've heard.  But maybe it's just my = piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=fandrich@pianobuilders.com href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">Delwin D Fandrich</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> Sunday, April 03, 2005 = 12:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: New, N.Y. = "A"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531125904-03042005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>The reason I heard was that the = Long A was too close to the Model B. Good point, I thought.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531125904-03042005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531125904-03042005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe Garrett<BR><B>Sent:</B> April 01, 2005 7:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: New, N.Y. "A"<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James said: "<FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3> It was not said why they are making the smaller version = and not the <BR>6'4"..<FONT face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Because they don't get it! AND, = they certainly wouldn't want to take any advice from several thousand Technicians! = Either that, or they LOST all of the data on the best piano ever built, and = don't want to admit it.<G><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, = Tool Police<BR>Squares R = I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>