<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Send em my way!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yous guys must be usin' the wrong = hammer Technique ot sumthin. <G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com" = title=ramsey@extremezone.com>Kevin E. Ramsey RPT</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 03, 2000 = 8:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: May Their Practice = rooms be filled with 1098's</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Amen!! And if their practice rooms ARE filled with = them, may someone else tune them. I would personally rather starve to death. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>    Hey, it's my two cents, I paid = for it!</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM" title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM>Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 03, = 2000 11:42 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> May Their Practice = rooms be filled with 1098's</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>List: <BR>I have my AOL account set up = to send me news about pianos, piano <BR>manufacturers, musicians and music = news in general.  If I copy the link to <BR>the List, it works for me = but I guess that is because I have AOL and <BR>apparently it will work = only for AOL members.  I thought this story was <BR>interesting, so I = went to the trouble of copying it. <BR><BR>My personal comment is that the = Steinway Grands are wonderful instruments but <BR>if my opinion were asked = about which verticals might be best suited for <BR>institutional use, it = would be Kawai far and above any other make.  I can <BR>just see the = poor tech who has to tune the new Steinway verticals cussing <BR>under his = breath as he enters the practice room. <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, = Wisconsin <BR><BR>Duquesne University Announces Intent to Become an `All = Steinway School' At <BR>Warhol Museum Signing Ceremony on Monday, Dec. = 4</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=5 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B>  <BR>PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ = -- Becoming one of only 19 prestigious "All <BR>Steinway Schools" in = the country, the Mary Pappert School of Music at <BR>Duquesne = University, Trombino Music Centers and Steinway & Sons will sign an = <BR>agreement of intent as part of a ceremony to be held at The Andy Warhol = <BR>Museum on Monday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m.  Henry Steinway, a fourth-generation <BR>descendant of company founder Heinrich Engelhard Steinway, will = give a <BR>presentation at 7 p.m. with a reception following. <BR><BR>The announcement and ceremony are part of a 10-day celebration of the = 300th <BR>anniversary of the piano by Trombino Music Centers, the = exclusive Steinway <BR>representative for Western Pennsylvania, that = facilitated the arrangement <BR>with Duquesne University.  This is the first = time that Henry Steinway has <BR>participated in a music school's official = designation as an "All Steinway <BR>School." <BR><BR>As part of the agreement = that includes the addition of 66 new Steinway <BR>pianos, Duquesne = University's Mary Pappert School of Music will begin a fund- <BR>raising campaign = in order to have the pianos available by the next academic <BR>year. <BR><BR>"By allowing a student of the Mary Pappert School of Music = to practice and <BR>perform on a Steinway, we are better helping that = student on their road to <BR>becoming a professional musician," said Dr. = Edward Kocher, the new dean of <BR>music at Duquesne University who will participate in Monday's ceremony. <BR>Steinway & Sons, founded = in 1853, produces less than one percent of the <BR>pianos made worldwide, yet = 98 percent of musicians on the concert stage <BR>choose to play = Steinways exclusively because of their touch and tone, <BR>according to = Trombino Music Centers.  Steinway pianos can range anywhere in <BR>price from $15,000-$80,000 depending on their size. <BR><BR>SOURCE =  Duquesne University    <BR><BR>CO:  Duquesne University; Mary = Pappert School of Music at Duquesne <BR>University;      Trombino Music Centers; Steinway & = Sons <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>