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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know the history, but I've seen =
that
before. Sort of makes a person smile while imagining a Lester =
spinet on
stage, sitting in front of an orchestra with someone trying to bang out =
some big
concerto. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How often have I discussed piano =
size/sound
quality with customers and thrown in something like, "You know, =
there's a
reason you don't see spinet pianos on the concert stage."
:-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would be interesting to know how =
that all came
about.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</A> =
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<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, December 03, 2004 =
5:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> endorsed by the =
Philadelphia
Orchestra????</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR><BR>I've tuned many a Lester in =
my short
career. Too many, I'd have to say. Today, there I was, =
sitting
once again at a Lester, banging on those waterfall keys, attempting to =
make it
sound like a piano when I looked up, and on the underside of the lid =
was a
decal which stated, "Endorsed by the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra".<BR><BR>Whaaa?<BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>