<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>August Forster (not = Forester).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of my prefered brands. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nice deep and dark sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Things I noticed is the way the = soundboard is glued on the inner rim. I'm not shure but I think the edges of the = sound board are glued a little inside the outer rim, I suppose = to make the soundboard larger? </FONT></DIV> <DIV>The damper system is great and verry easy to regulate.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre Gevaert</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=terry@farrellpiano.com = href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">Terry</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> Monday, December 06, 2004 = 9:31 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> August Forester = Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will be inspecting an August = Forester Grand for water damage later this week. I have never met one of these in person. = Anything special, unusual about them? Any comments? My general = understanding is that they are pretty nice pianos. Yes? Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>