<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Were M&Hs always made in the factory in Boston? What I am = getting at, is were they made in the same factory both pre-Aeolian & when = Aeolian owned M&H? Are they now made in the same factory? I am aware that the new = M&H is working from original blueprints and has many of the original = machines, molds, presses, etc. that were used by M&H back at the turn of the = century - the next to last one that is, i.e. 1900. Does anyone know if Aeolean cut = any corners when making the major structural components of the piano, i.e. = the rims, keybed, belly rail, or plate - anything that cannot be readily = fixed?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <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> Thursday, October 25, = 2001 10:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: second post Re: = Voicing M&H BB</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 10/26/01 12:26:49 AM !!!First Boot!!!, <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Sounds very interesting Wim. What kind of Renners did = you use. And, just curious, who is Paul Manichino? Thanks. <BR><BR>Terry = Farrell <BR>  <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Standard Renners. Just tell them = they are for a M&H BB. <BR><BR>Paul Manachino is a long time M&H = employee who used to work for the factory in Rochester and then some. He has been = employed by Renner to teach classes and promote the product. Very nice man, and = extremely knowledgeable about "the way they used to make pianos." = <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>