<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Reminds me of one of = the funniest classifieds I've ever seen, "For Sale; Nine Foot Baby Grand, in = good condition."  I thought, "If that's a baby, I'd hate to see the mother."  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Stephen, all pianos = have single strings in the low bass; for one. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I classify a baby = grand as any grand smaller that 5'4".   That's 64 inches. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></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=stephenairy@fastmail.fm = href="mailto:stephenairy@fastmail.fm">Stephen Airy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano Tech list - PTG</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 25, 2002 = 9:07 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sevicing low end = pianos (was clothing)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Looks like I need to get my terms straight - I've = called a piano as<BR>large as a Steinway D or a Bosendorfer Imperial (a piano = on which the<BR>stringing scale requires single-string notes in the low bass) a = baby<BR>grand!<BR><BR>> > Now what I want to know is what is = your definition of a "Baby Grand"?<BR>> > I've heard anything up to = almost a 7' one called that! :-)<BR>> > <BR>> > Avery<BR>> > = <BR>> > At 06:45 AM 06/24/02 -0400, you wrote:<BR>> > >"I prefer = to call the piano by it's rightful name, Spinet, Console, Baby <BR>> > >Grand, etc."<BR>> > ><BR>> > >I like the naming philosophy of many of North America's native Indian <BR>> > = >tribes - a name is earned!<BR><BR>-- <BR>  Stephen Airy<BR>  <A = href="mailto:stephenairy@fastmail.fm">stephenairy@fastmail.fm</A><BR><B= R>-- <BR><A href="http://fastmail.fm">http://fastmail.fm</A> - One of = many happy users:<BR>  <A = href="http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html">http://www.fastmail.fm/d= ocs/quotes.html</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>