<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=campimichael@hotmail.com href="mailto:campimichael@hotmail.com">michael campi</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> March 10, 2003 10:34 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> uprights, uprights, uprights</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Although I am sure(or mostly sure)  Del will disagree I = believe that there is room for these pianos in the here and now and that with new = boards, blocks and action parts they can be the tonal and playable equivalent = of almost any new piano. Now that you can see the whites of my eyes Fire = At Will. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Now, why would I = disagree? After all, I did design and build the Fandrich Vertical; 100 of them. And we = do still remanufacture the occasional old upright--in fact, right now = there is an old Bush & Lane working its way through the process.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>