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<DIV><FONT size=4> Del</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4> It's all good news & momentum will grow=
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other techs really hear these pianos.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4> Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV>
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color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Dale, et
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color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>I am not plannin=
g on
taking a piano to Rochester. My current interest is in smaller pianos and =
the
test mule for my current thinking is under construction and won't be nearl=
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ready by June. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>It is nice -- an=
d some
gratifying -- to see momentum growing, however. It seems it is no longer t=
he
unpardonable sin to tamper with the original "design" of pianos that are s=
till
held sacred by many. It is, of course, still a sin but with suitable penan=
ce
the practitioners of these black arts are no longer tarred, feathered and =
run
out of town. Now we are just put in stocks for a week.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Despite not havi=
ng one of
my own pianos at the convention there should be a sample of my recent work=
,
however. I just returned from Elkhart, Indiana where I supervised the asse=
mbly
of the first prototype of the new piano I recently designed for the Walter=
company. I expect -- hope! -- it will raise one or two
eyebrows.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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