<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Dear Ron,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thank you very much. We appreciate a = lot your attention. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We hope to have here many people from = USA and we will do our best for give a nice and interesting = period.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Friendly regards to all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>          &nbs= p;    Best regards    Technical committee president           =   Sergio Brunello           &= nbsp;   Treviso, = Italy            serbrunello@iol.it  information  Europiano2000@ciresafiemme.it   </DIV> -----Messaggio originale----- Da: = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org">mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org</A= >]Per conto di Ron Berry Inviato: lunedė 17 aprile 2000 6.34 A: pianotech@ptg.org Oggetto: Re: Europiano Congress = 2000 Dear Sergio: I will add links to the website on a couple of places on = the Piano Page.  I have them on the coming events page and right on the opening page for timely events.   The conference = looks wonderful.  Buona fortuna, Ron From:    &nbsp= ;              "Sergio Brunello" <serbrunello@iol.it> To:      &nbs= p;              <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject:      =           Europiano Congress = 2000 Date sent:      =         Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:51:47 +0200 Send reply to:          pianotech@ptg.org > = Dear list, > > I wish to communicate the update of the Europiano = Congress web page. Inside > you will find all the = information. > > See : www.ciresafiemme.it  (link Europiano) > > The = technical classes are now definitive. > > I think we have something = really interesting like: > first show of a research over  grand and = upright action parts sequence > movements shooting with an high velocity = video camera. The results are > really amazing. The research was done = from the German piano maker master Mr. > Enzenauer and Mr. Hahn teacher by = the Ludwigsburg piano maker school. > > Eng. Paolo Fazioli will = held class over the soundboard construction > = philosophies. > > A class over a research regarding  the piano sound generation = process > physical characteristic and other aspects held form the University of Padova > Centro di sonologia computazionale. > > Mr. = Hayashida from Yamaha piano division will held a class over action > = construction and function with a large view over other aspect like strings > termination, play technics and touch related to piano sound etc.. > > Steinway & Sons Hamburg will reports over the Steinway  patent. > > Two Italian colleague will held = two practical classes. Mr. Salvatore > Malcangi will show the best way = to do a conservative repair of damaged > keyboard. Mr. Giovanni Bettin = will show a method for optimize the soundboard > downbearing and consequential = hammer strike point setting. > > Mr. Dietrich Dotzek will held an = useful class over Performance improvements > of old grand piano actions. > > In the program there are Historical class too. > > The concerts program is of top = class. > > You are all welcome, it should be a pleasure for us to have here = some > American colleagues. > > >      &n= bsp;     Best regards > Technical committee president >         Sergio = Brunello >          = Treviso, Italy >      serbrunello@iol.it > infomation >  = Europiano2000@ciresafiemme.it > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > ---- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > ---- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > ---- > > > P.S. > > Even if some time is = past I wish to public thank  Mr. Delwin Fandrich for > the nice = words he wrote in reply to my first announce of the Europiano > congress in = date 31/01/2000. > Del the people here are still speaking about the = fantastic classes you give > . You left a deep sign in our professional = knowledge, thank you again from > all us. > > Ciao > > > Del wrote: > >  The = Conference Sergio speaks of is being held in the Val de Femme in the > = Italian Alps. If there is any way you can attend this conference, I would > = encourage you to do so. It will be a most memorable experience. > As some of = you know, I was invited to speak at the Italian AIARP Conference > in = Osimo (a beautiful old city near the central Italian Adriatic coast) this > = past September. My wife, Barbara, and I have many fond memories of = that > Conference and of the more than one hundred wonderful technicians = who > attended the Conference. The Conference itself lasted three and a half days > of straight lecture which, by itself, says something for = the stamina of the > Italian piano technician! > > After = the Conference we were treated to a whirlwind tour of Northern Italy > = by Sergio Brunello, courtesy of the AIARP. We visited the = incredible > Frasassi Caves in the Marche Province, the Schulze-Pollmann piano factory, > the Fazioli piano factory, the Ciresa soundboard = factory in the magnificent > Val di Fiemme and, of course, Venice. All of this = was carefully monitored by > frequent phone calls from Luciano del = Rio, the AIARP president. (I think all > Italians are issued a cell phone = at birth.) Luciano constantly checked on > our progress and made sure = we were in good hands. We were. Sergio and his > wife, Paula, were = wonderful hosts and Sergio proved to be an excellent tour > guide. > > = These people were wonderful. We were treated like royalty throughout = the > entire trip. The conference was run smoothly and competently which says a > lot for the organizational skills of Luciano del Rio. My class = notes were > Emailed to Sergio steadily through the summer. With the = help of his crew, he > translated them all into Italian. Translation of the = actual classes was done > by Valerio Sabatini of Rome. Valerio and I met = for the first time the day > before the lectures began. He had no idea of = how I was going to present the > lectures or my manner of speech. He is = not a professional translator, he is > a piano technician. However, from = the feedback I got from several other > technicians in the audience = who also spoke both Italian and English, he did > an excellent = job. > > We had never been to Italy prior to this trip. Of course, we expected to = see > a beautiful country, and we did. We also expected to find = great food, and, > again, we did. (How do those Italians manage to stay = so slim?) The real > beauty of Italy, however, is to be found in the = hearts of its people. > Without exception the people we met in Italy were = warm and gracious and it > is they, even more than the beauty of the = country, the art or the > architecture, that we will long = cherish. > > All of this is to say that if you get a chance to make this trip, by = all > means do so. Don't worry if you don't speak Italian. You will get by just > fine. If words fail you can always talk with your = hands-they will think you > are a native Italian! Besides, I understand there will = be translators for > the actual classes. > > The location = of this Conference is in the Val de Fiemme which contains one > of the = oldest managed forests in the world today. It was set aside for > = continuous, sustainable yield forestry practices in the year 1111 and is now > = only one of two European forests to earn awards for its forest = management. > This valley is incredibly beautiful and peaceful and would be worth the trip > even without the Europiano Conference. That will just be = frosting on the > cake. > > ---------------------------------------<= BR>Ron Berry webmaster@ptg.org See us at the Piano Page  <A href="http://www.ptg.org" = target=_blank>http://www.ptg.org</A> </BODY></HTML>