<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>    <FONT size=3>  &= nbsp;       Piano-philes</FONT></FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3>    I thought of a cou= ple more now that you asked TP. One is a 1919 stwy O.   </FON= T></FONT><FONT size=3> In general I'm not a big O fan. But I rebuilt = this one with an original board, no cracks, great crown & bearing. The b= est American O I've encountered ever. A Bay area preserved piano that b= elongs to RPT Paul Bailey & he knows how to play it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  The other also belong to him. It's a BB Mason fro= m 1929. The board is made of perfectly quartered Sitka spruce & fro= m the same cant of the log. Color perfect & big wide planks. Some are 6 = to 7 inches. It came from a supplier in Idaho. Sometimes it pays to ask= . The medullary ray is unbelievable. It looks like a violin top. Tight = grain too. Sugar pine ribs. It sings wonderfully. I love the big pianos.</FO= NT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Paul is spoiled.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>     Hey TP</FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>      There are so= many. My personal piano is a 1950 MAson AA. The sound really floats out. It= s warm and full. Sustain freaks like Masons or any thing that sings for that= matter. My sis owns it's twin just one serial no. apart & hers is also = amazing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>  Another is a Stwy German O that&nbsp= ;I played in the S.F. area. It was astoundingly incredible I thought it was = bigger.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>  Feeling warm & fuzzy now</FONT><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>