<!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 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Jack,</DIV> <DIV>Thanks for replying. I've got about eleven years of solid tuning = behind me now, and I can not think of a single piano that had the character that = the C had last Friday, and that includes a lot of D's that I've heard. The very = shape of the piano seems so symmetrical and balanced from a styling point of = view.  With the matching oversized duet bench the appearance of the units gave = a very massive impression. Do you happen to know if the scale ever had = tri-chords in the bass? This one did not. I thought the transition from bass to tenor = section fairly smooth.</DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.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=JWyatt1492@AOL.COM href="mailto:JWyatt1492@AOL.COM">JWyatt1492@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> Saturday, January 12, = 2002 3:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steinway C</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hello Joseph,<BR><BR>   If memory serves the = "C" was discontinued<BR>in 1913.  It was indeed a great scale and it = was<BR>a mistake to stop building it.  The German "C"<BR>was never the = piano as the  N.Y. "C".<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Jack = Wyatt<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>