<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Erwinspiano@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 06, 2005 5:08 = PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: The Nossaman Steinway (was rebuilders..)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=3>Perhaps an A- B comparison of your favorite = music played on a really good stock D Stwy piano  sitting next = to a Nossaman , Fandrich , Overs, Erwin  or whoever re-designed it , = Stwy D, would allow for a fair but subjective comparison. Better is just an = opinion after all but it should be based on features, quality of construction = & most of all performance enhancement of the whole Beast. Custom stuff = usually takes a product out of the realm of hype & into the  realm of = folks who are willing to prove it at the starting gate. They don't race horses/cars/boats etc for nothing </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Know what I mean?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale Erwin<SPAN = class=484300619-10102005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Dale, et al...</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>I am not = planning 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 nearly ready = by June. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>It is nice -- = and some gratifying -- to see momentum growing, however. It seems it is no longer = the unpardonable sin to tamper with the original "design" of pianos that are = still held sacred by many. It is, of course, still a sin but with suitable = penance 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> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Despite not = having 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 = assembly 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> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN = class=484300619-10102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=484300619-10102005>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>