<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Best piano in your world.</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" >           <span ></span>   Piano-philes</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">    I thought of a couple more now that you asked TP....</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>  The other also belong to him. It's a BB Mason from 1929....It sings wonderfully. I love the big pianos.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>  Paul is spoiled.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>   Dale</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>I think I'd have a hard time picking the 'best' piano in my world.  But I might be able to narrow it down to a handful if pressed.  One of them would be a BB Mason of about the same age as Paul's that belongs to a friend of mine.  All original - original strings and hammers.  It was a player (it's not now, so I guess it's not ALL original), but apparently whoever owned it rarely turned on the player because it's still in great shape.  A wonderful dark, rich, resonant sound.  Like listening to Caruso.  Also, it's veneered in what I would call quilted walnut (don't know if there is such a thing - anyway highly figured walnut) which is gorgeous and unlike anything else I've ever seen.  A one of a kind piano.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Phil Ford</div> </body> </html>