<HTML>Euro-friends, I would have to agree about new Steinbergs.  A few of them make the= ir way to US shores, and I have a couple of clients for whom I've serviced t= hem since they were new.  I hate to admit it to the customer, but the u= pright holds its tune well enough so that a once a year call keeps at pitch = and in good tune. The baby grand I service is also a nice instrument.  It has a disc = player in it, and the owners play the disc thang all the time, and will thus= need my services more often then its vertical cousin.  Nice tone, acti= on, and cabinetry. I wish we'd see more of these! Dave Stahl  In a message dated 3/9/04 12:00:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, oleg= -i@noos.fr writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARG= IN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hello fellows , I concur= to say the recent Steinberg verticals are very nice and homodenous. I servi= ce a few, they hold tuning better than most, the wear of action is slow, and= they seem to be nicely prepared whenevre they are made (wher do they come f= rom in fact ?) Never seen a grand under that brand </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>