<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Pianosold@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Pianosold@AOL.COM">Pianosold@AOL.COM</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> Wednesday, July 17, 2002 = 4:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Unusual piano and = unusual action</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-----------------------------</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT = face=arial,helvetica></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Rob,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not sure of the piano's age, but = it seemed likely, judging from the construction (parallel stringing and no cast = iron frame). The latestdate on the medals from the soundboard is 1867, so = it's certainly newer than that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How old do you think it = is?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR><BR>Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR><A = href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.= com</A><BR>----------------------------------------------------</FONT></D= IV></DIV></BODY></HTML>