<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: <<A href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl"><FONT color=#000000>antares@euronet.nl</FONT></A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT color=#000000>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: June 08, 2003 1:02 PM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: giraffes?</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>> <BR>> Like the old Giraffes, right, but much smaller, = more like okapi's if <BR>> you get my drift.<BR>> <BR>> = Antares,<BR>> The Netherlands<BR>> <BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>There were two of = these pianos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG style="WIDTH: 656px; HEIGHT: 234px" height=206 alt="" = hspace=0 src="cid:006501c32e5e$77c1d0e0$cbe2b1d8@Mainddf" width=617 = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>The taller piano on = the left, the Maestro (approximately 136 cm at the highest point), was definitely = flat strung. The smaller piano on the right, the Sheherezade (approximately = 122 cm at the highest point), I believe was overstrung. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Both were, shall we = say, interesting pianos. Personally, just on the basis of their unique design = and appearance alone, I would like to see them back in production. The = industry could use the diversity.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>