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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ah, right you are, Ron. And Baldwin has that =
exclusive
<EM>Full Blow</EM> action that just (coincidentally) looks and works =
just like
all other upright actions. Except "drop" actions, of course, but I
digress...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I still laugh about my customer with a
Steinway grand who insisted--as programmed by the hype--on =
<EM>genuine
Steinway</EM> parts when I replaced the bass strings--despite my =
assurance that
I could obtain high-quality strings a lot cheaper through other
sources.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I ordered through Steinway (boy, are they a =
snobby bunch,
"No, we don't supply parts catalogs. What do you want?") and LMAO when =
the
strings arrived--(over)billed by Steinway but made and shipped by
Mapes!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3>Alan R. =
Barnard<BR>Salem,
MO<BR><BR></FONT><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"><FONT
face=Arial>mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT =
face=Arial>] On
Behalf Of Ron Nossaman<BR>Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 6:16 PM<BR>To: =
Pianotech<BR>Subject: RE: endorsed by the Philadelphia
Orchestra????<BR><BR><BR><BR>>And remember, Story & Clark has the =
(exclusive!) Harmi-Tone action.<BR>>Woo.<BR>><BR>>Alan R.
Barnard<BR><BR>Isn't that Kimball with the Harm-a-Gnome action =
(Har-Monotone)? I
know<BR>Story & Clark has the Incomparable Storytone =
Soundboard.<BR><BR>Ron
N<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech =
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