<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wow -- I'd love to see the hammer line on that = one!  Do you have any action pictures or diagrams?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Did the bridge location make a major improvement in = the sound?  (Obviously, not enough to offset the complexity of the = action, I suppose).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 03, 2003 = 3:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Malmsjo (was Re: = Name That Piano !!)</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>Malmsjų = was in buisness making pianos in Sweeden 10 years before Steinway and Sons opened up = shop in NY. Probably their most famous experimental piano was the famed Banana = Grand. A link to higher res picture is on the way... in the meantime, take a = gander if you havent seen this before. </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>