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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Re: Soundboard Installation & MC </B><BR>
Date:4/23/2002 2:09:30 PM Pacific Standard Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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The trick is to define what is meant by life of a piano before we know wha the maker had in mind.<BR>
Dale<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">"In 1900, Richard Gertz developed a system, exclusively for Mason & Hamlin, that would permanently preserve the original power and tone of all Mason & Hamlin pianos throughout the life of the piano."<BR>
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I think it was my 6th grade english teacher that taught me to refrain from the use words like "all". I have since learned to refrain from phrases such as "permanently preserve" and "throughout the life". Read that sentence above. That is a pretty powerful statement. It states that the Gertz system will PERMANENTLY PRESERVE the original power and tone of ALL their pianos THROUGHOUT THE LIFE of the piano. They are stating that no M&H will ever lose the original power and tone - EVER (well, maybe after being buried in the dump for a few years).<BR>
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I really love Mason and Hamlin pianos. I think they are top-notch. But this is a crock.<BR>
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Terry Farrell<BR>
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