<!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 face=Arial size=2>I agree, the Shigeru should be on any = "top ten" list. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=remoody@midstatesd.net = href="mailto:remoody@midstatesd.net">Richard Moody</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> Monday, March 03, 2003 = 2:31 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: top ten = pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ah  you weren't at NAMM.  There you would = have declared Shimmel,<BR>Shigaru and Faz best.   I think these = three will be also at Dallas<BR>PTG = convention.      Expect Grotrian and the three  German S's<BR>ALSO to be = there.<BR><BR>Let us know about Frankfurt if you make it = there..<BR><BR>----rm<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Richard Brekne <<A = href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</= A>><BR>To: Pianotech <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: = Monday, March 03, 2003 2:28 AM<BR>Subject: Re: top ten pianos<BR><BR><BR>> = Hamburg Steinway D<BR>> Hamburg Steinway C<BR>> Bosendorfer IG<BR>> = Yamaha C3<BR>> Bluthner Mod 2<BR>> Yamaha C7<BR>> Bechstein C = 232<BR>> Sauter 220<BR>> Hamburg Steinway B<BR>> Grotrian Steinweg 220<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>