<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" size=2>Found some = interesting items on the S&S site today.  They're building the "A" again in the US:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://steinway.com/noteworthy/news/model_a_reintro.shtml">http:/= /steinway.com/noteworthy/news/model_a_reintro.shtml</A></FONT></DIV></FON= T></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" size=2>This page about = tuning says that A443 is the standard for Hamburg models.  Is that true = generally in Europe?  I had heard A442 for European concert = pitch...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://steinway.com/technical/tuning.shtml">http://steinway.com/t= echnical/tuning.shtml</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>They give the desired humidity range as 45% to 65%:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://steinway.com/technical/living.shtml">http://steinway.com/t= echnical/living.shtml</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Lastly, this strange defense of soundboard cracks = from William Braid White:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://steinway.com/technical/soundboard.shtml"><FONT size=2>http://steinway.com/technical/soundboard.shtml</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>