<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/3/2004 9:26:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pianotech= 88@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My whole feeling about this is that if the Steinway = action isn't replaced with Steinway parts, it is no longer a Steinway.</FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Matthew</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>OK,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So the Steinway company themselves have used Renner built parts many ti= mes in the past in their new pianos - for decades in fact in the Hamburg pia= nos. They DON"T make parts that fit with the correct geometry for all of the= ir pianos and IMHO, their parts are not nearly as consistent.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I respect your opinion Matthew, but can you give me the reason for it?<= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rich Galassini</DIV> <DIV>Cunningham Piano Company</DIV> <DIV>Philadelphia, Pa.</DIV></BODY></HTML>