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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Rogerio, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>I think you've had your =
wet dream;
yes, lucky guy, I hope for you you can make that old devil playing and =
sounding
again. Much succes with all the work you'll encounter. =
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial =
size=2>Peter</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>'t =
MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENATELIER<BR>PETER
KESTENS<BR>BELGIUM<BR><A
href="mailto:KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE">KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Oorspronkelijk
bericht-----</B><BR><B>Van: </B>Rogerio Cunha <<A
=
href="mailto:rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br">rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br=
</A>><BR><B>Aan:
</B>Pianotech Mensagem <<A
=
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Datum: =
</B>donderdag 12 maart 1998 15:53<BR><B>Onderwerp:
</B>Cristofori<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello Ane and Robert. Now the =
history of the
Pianoforte. I found it some years ago in a old house without =
strings, with
the action in parts and out of the piano. I was surprised and this =
was the
first time that I was in front of a wonderful piece but in a very =
bad
condition.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The first thing that I did =
was to send
a Fax to PTG and ask for someone that could give me more information =
about
it and the only thing that I could read on it was the year, the name =
of
GAMBIAZO, who makes it, and some numbers on the bridge 6/0, 5/0,
etc.etc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The PTG send me a fax with the =
phone number
of Ray Chandler (RTP). I talk with him and he said me that was =
important
speak with JONH KOSTER , Conservator & Associate Professor of =
Museum
Science of South Dakota University. To him I send a video, =
photos, a
map with the speaking length of the strings. From him I received a =
letter
and on it he said that was a very important piece and that because =
the
string of each end was double and that seems be originally a =
harpsichord and
that the Shrine To Music Museum have one piece just like the =
mine made
by Antunes but that the action of the mine isn't a Cristofori and =
that is a
action of the mine is more primitive than the piano actions made by =
other
Portuguese makers in the 1760s. After I was visited by Mr..Gerard =
Doderer, a
German that lives in Portugal, and Mr.. Von Der Meer another German =
that was
over the pianoforte about one week and that said me that is was a
harpsichord converted in a pianoforte and they included this =
pianoforte on
the book about early Portuguese harpsichords and pianos. This book =
says that
the instrument that I have is a authentic one!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>After this I think that the goal =
of my life
as a piano tuner and technician is to construct a Cristofori action =
to it.
Would be possible? I think that yes because in piano we may do
everything.Rogerio Cunha - IC Member of the PTG - Rio -
Brasil</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>