<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/20/2006 12:41:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, drwoodwind@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>A friend called last night to see if I had any information about the new <BR>christofori pianos coming from China</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I've tuned about ten of them in the warehouse of the local Steinway dea= ler, The Beautiful Sound.  They are being marketed as a Steinway-endorsed product, but interesting...I tuned a Falcone pianos at another local piano dealer, and THEY WERE THE EXACT SAME PIANO.  Everything was identical o= n the pianos down to the mute rail.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So whoever makes Falcones also makes Cristoforis.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That reminds me of a joke I'd like to share with you all:</DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is the primary cause of false beats?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Certainly there's been a lot of debate about this subject here on the list...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Give up?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>The Chinese!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you tuned any Cristoforis, you'd find that painfully funny.  </= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I haven't tuned any Cristofori grands, but the verticals are typic= al Chinese pianos; some sound better than others, but they all sound a little thin.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV> <DIV>Chicago</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>