<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </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=pianobuilders@olynet.com href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.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> Tuesday, June 10, 2003 = 11:34 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: somewhat OT -- = Steinway trivia</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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=davner@kaosol.net href="mailto:davner@kaosol.net">Dave = Nereson</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> June 10, 2003 9:21 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> somewhat OT -- = Steinway trivia</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: black = 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original Message = ----- <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; PADDING-BOTTOM: = 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: = 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; = mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; = mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <DIV style="font-color: black">>>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A title=fordpiano@earthlink.net = href="mailto:fordpiano@earthlink.net">Phillip Ford</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <P></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">>>To:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">>>Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Friday, June 06, 2003 = 12:52 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">>>Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re: OT Olde Aeroplanes</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">   Also during the war they made = the Steinway Victory model upright, or the ODGI (Olive Drab Government = Issue) field piano, “a 40-inch upright that sat flat on the floor, with = no legs, looking like a box with a shelf sticking out. ... This 500-pound = piano was transported in its own special olive-green packing case, with = handles that made it easy for four soldiers to carry. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The case included a set of = tuning tools, a book of instructions, sheet music (ranging from Protestant = hymns to advanced boogie-woogie), and some spare = parts.”</FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I saw one of these stripped for = refinishing some years back. Can't understand why the owner wanted to remove that wonderful olive-drab paint, but there you go.... Under all the paint = was a very nice, highly figured walnut veneer.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT color=#000080>--You'd think they would've had some plywood around = they could have used instead of "trashing" nice walnut veneer.  Or was it = considered essential to the tone?  Or was walnut cheap then?</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt">    --Dave N. </P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt = 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: = medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; = mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in = 4.0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>