<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV> <DIV>I especially like the translation for the low bass strings: "Monoropes" ... cracked me up!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Nice place to work, he's got there. And some pretty serious work, too!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jkanter@rollingball.com href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">Jason Kanter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=cy@shusterpiano.com href="mailto:cy@shusterpiano.com">Cy Shuster</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 02/28/2006 7:41:21 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Way cool piano pics</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=790553701-01032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Marvelous language. The mechanical translation actually reads like a strong Italian accent: "<FONT face=Verdana><FONT color=#000000><SPAN>Studying classic music with the pianoforte - it answers - </SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3>the instrument that me from has always fascinated; then it attracted to me all the one which is mechanical, it appeals to the manualità to me, I could not living without move the hands. To a sure point I have decided to plan a pianoforte, beginning therefore like tuner in a store of musical instruments, I then write of letters more factories; the Bechstein of Berlin answers to me inviting to me to visit for a day its laboratories, in the september of 1985: an only experience."...</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=790553701-01032006><FONT face=Verdana size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=790553701-01032006><FONT face=Verdana size=3>I could not living without move the hands, either. Capisce?</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Cy Shuster<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 28, 2006 5:20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> tune4u@earthlink.net; Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Way cool piano pics<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">In English (sort of):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"><A href="http://tinyurl.com/mh5t7">http://tinyurl.com/mh5t7</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">The site is <A href="http://www.testiweb.com">http://www.testiweb.com</A>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Very cool, Alan!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy--</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=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Way cool piano pics</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Ran across this site. This is a serious, and apparently innovative piano person. Some amazing pics, including a Cristofori action. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.testiweb.com/images/jpg/notizie/Pianoforte/jpg_big/Cristofori/Foto%252011%2520-%2520Ritratto%2520del%2520Cristofori.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.testiweb.com/pianoforte.htm&h=3000&w=2169&sz=289&tbnid=YjZrI9G3Vx-MvM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=108&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCRISTOFORI%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLD,GGLD:2004-32,GGLD:en%26sa%3DN">http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.testiweb.com/images/jpg/notizie/Pianoforte/jpg_big/Cristofori/Foto%252011%2520-%2520Ritratto%2520del%2520Cristofori.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.testiweb.com/pianoforte.htm&h=3000&w=2169&sz=289&tbnid=YjZrI9G3Vx-MvM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=108&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCRISTOFORI%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLD,GGLD:2004-32,GGLD:en%26sa%3DN</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>