<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px"> <DIV>Nah, Bill, ya got it all wrong.  The QRS booth was = directly across from the Yamaha booth at PTG Chicago convention and during = lulls in the foot traffic we'd cross the aisle to the QRS booth and attempt to = pry the REAL dope on the "self-tuning" piano from John.  Th= ere isn't any collusion twixt Yamaha and QRS.  </DIV> <DIV><BR>At 10:43 AM -0700 7/2/02, Mark Wisner wrote:<BR>>John Omnitek, = the PianoMation guy, described the "self-tuning" <BR>>aspect of this piano = as something the owner would do to keep the <BR>>piano in tune between = tunings, NOT as a way to eliminate the need <BR>>for conventional tunings done = by (un?)conventional tuners.<BR><BR>Again the PTJ article describes tis piano = as one which will never <BR>need a manual tuning.<BR><BR>Oh Mark, was it OK = for me to spill the beans about Yamaha Corp's <BR>being a silent partner, ready = to piggy-back its Disklavier technology <BR>on this scheme once QRS comes up = with a working prototype?<BR><BR>Bill Ballard RPT<BR>NH Chapter, P.T.G.<BR><BR>"Yo= u'll make more money selling my advice than following it"<BR>   &= nbsp; ...........Steve Forbes, quoting his father, Malcom<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Wisner<BR>Yamaha Corporation<BR><A href="mailto:mwisner@yamaha.com">mwisner@yamaha.com</A></DIV></BODY></HTM= L>