<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>Mine is an 1895 Hardman 7ft grand which resides in my office. This pian= o has been used for several CD recordings and dark, warmth, and extremely lo= ng decay, gives me goose-pimples, just thinking about it.</DIV> <DIV>Last year I took my family to NYC and I took them to Steinway Hall. I h= ave 2 daughters who are pretty good pianists and we had permission to g= o downstairs to play a few of the good CD concert pianos.</DIV> <DIV>We met Ron Connor as he was working of few pianos. He invited my one da= ughter to play the Hamburg Steinway D that was just used for Alfred Brendel'= s recital at Carnegie Hall. She sat down and played for a minute, stood up a= nd declared that the piano was decent but doesn't come close to ou= r piano in our office.</DIV> <DIV>The hurt look on Ron Connor's face was something I'll never forget. Of = course I had to privately tell my daughter that it was not to make comm= ents like that in front  of one of the better technicians in the w= orld. But I told her I agreed with her perspective on the piano. </DIV> <DIV>Tom Servinsky</DIV></BODY></HTML>