<HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Dittos on seeing Fern Henry, even though I= didn't buy her book.  She did a lot for PTG in her= time... David Ilvedson <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: Fenton Murray= <FMURRAY@CRUZIO.COM> To: <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Received:= Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:39:23 -0800 Subject: Cal State Conv-Dale= Erwins 'D' <DIV> <FONT= face=Garamond size=2>The concert Saturday afternoon at the Cal= State Conference was like nothing I can remember. Maybe I= need to get out more. Richard Glazier playing a '28 S&S D= restored by Dale Erwin with a new board. Just the piano and= artist, no amplification, no other instruments or vocals. The= piano filled the auditorium  beautifully as it was= designed to do. I think I had forgotten the power that a= piano can have. I'm so proud to know Dale and to be able= to call myself his student. I played the piano before= the concert, I've also played it at Dale's shop. All= different rooms, each giving the piano a different sound. The= piano is a joy to play, so easy. In the auditorium 30 feet= out it was a completely different instrument again, sounding= as it should, in it's role of filling an auditorium. The bass= had a beautiful growl to it and all registers were well= balanced. The killer octave sounded like I think it should.= Voicing was right down the middle. <FONT= face=Garamond> More= important the artist was able to completely meld with the= piano. No action saturation, no distortion, absolute power,= striking the keys from 3 feet above them,  down to= beautiful melodic passages that went straight to the back of= the hall. My only complaint was that it was on those leg= dollies which made the pedals to high. Not that my back was up= to replacing casters. Hat's off to you, Dale. Your 'D'= was the star of the show. On another note it was great to= see Fern Henry at the Spurlock booth. I bought her book and= can not put it down! Fenton Murray, RPT<SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size:= 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV></BODY><= /HTML>