<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Del,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like you have your finger on the = pulse,like I said I haven't heard or seen that much of the Stuart pianos,I was only = going off the web site and bits that I had heard.Regarding his new bridge = setup I have heard that there is no down bearing are you able to shed some light in = this area?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stuart Balsillie<BR>Piano = Technician<BR>Woodend, Victoria<BR>AUSTRALIA<BR><A href="mailto:piano@iaa.com.au">piano@iaa.com.au</A><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com" title=pianobuilders@olynet.com>Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 30, = 2000 1:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stuart and Sons Upright</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I asked about the upright when I was in Sydney = last July and was told they had not yet produced one.  I could be = wrong.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>That is not exactly an agraffe on the bridge, but = a string termination device.  It looks exactly like a device I was working = on while at Baldwin in the late '80s.  I had some prototype pieces = made and tried them out on a prototype but, unfortunately, the project was = dropped due to lack of corporate interest.  I was pleased to see this device = on the Stuart piano and to observe that it was working quite well.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Del</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:piano@iaa.com.au" title=piano@iaa.com.au>ASB</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> November 28, 2000 10:37 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Stuart and Sons = Upright</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen,    = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the web site for the = Australian made Stuart and Sons pianos.That is about as much info I have.They do = make uprights 130cm I believe,I haven't seen any of their pianos nor = heard that much about them,other than the fact that they have a range from = F -21Hz to F really high Hz and they use  agraffes on the bridge = instead of normal pins with no bearing(?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A = href="http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmu/stuart1.html">http://w= ww.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmu/stuart1.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stuart Balsillie<BR>Piano Technician<BR>Woodend, Victoria<BR>AUSTRALIA<BR><A = href="mailto:piano@iaa.com.au">piano@iaa.com.au</A><BR></FONT></DIV></B= LOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>