<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Well, the one I tuned was the worst thing I = have ever seen.  Of  course it had sat in a basement of a church for years</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:cmpiano@home.com" title=cmpiano@home.com>Meyer = Carl</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 17, 2000 = 12:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hardman = pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I got a 7' Hardman grand from an estate = sale.  The tuner who was rebuilding it died.  It had no strings, was = refinished etc., but poorly.  I have it on consignment and haven't yet sold it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Here are some of the things I've heard about hardman:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The book "Pianos and their makers"  speaks = highly of Hardmans around the turn of the century .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It was at one time the official piano of the = metropolitan opera.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It was advertised as the most expensive piano in = the world.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>FDR had one in the white house.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I can't verify those statement, but I think it = compares as almost as good as the S&S "B".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Too bad I can't get a decent price for it like you = can for a B.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Carl Meyer</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>