<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>My vote would be the 7ft Baldwin hands down. It has = great bass, full tone and very good touch. My experience with  Petrof has = not been good. I especially dislike the tone as volumn = increases.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Have you considered a Schimmel or Yamaha? If you = like rich, clean sound they are wonderful.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Good luck. It certainly can be a difficult choice.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dennis, RPT from Minnesota</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=yam@homemail.com href="mailto:yam@homemail.com">Yvonne = Mendenhall</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> Friday, March 16, 2001 = 6:31 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Piano purchase</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi:  I got your email address = from the internet and also  read many of the letters on the = internet.  My church is considering buying a 7ft. grand Baldwin.  However  = the Petrof piano also came up for discussion.  Any comparisons you = could give me would be appreciated to help make a decision,  Confidential please.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanking you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Yvonne Mendenhall</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>