<HTML><HTML>I am not a Fazioli dealer, but I have a= ssisted Richard Davenport in performing a few Magnetically Balanced Action (= MBA) retrofits, both on Faziolis and other worthy instruments.  To my = knowledge, it is an available option but not (yet) a standard feature on the= ir pianos. Hope that helps, Alan Eder, R.P.T. In a message dated 11/20/05 9:49:31 PM, yardbird@vermontel.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">At 9:09 AM -0800 11/1= 9/05, Mark Schecter wrote: >Are you certain that magnetic balancing is a standard part of >Fazioli's procedure? This was not the case when I visited the >factory in 2002. At that time, MB was a time-of-order option only. >Have they changed their process? No, I'm not certain. I'm going on some fragment kicking around in the back of my mind, which most likely came from some report of an after-market installation, But whatever it is, I'm thinkig it's newer than 3 years. If we had any of the prominent Fazioli dealers on this list, they would clear this up real fast. My browser wasn't able to get a response from fazioli.com. Thanks, Mark for keeping this list rumor-free. Bill Ballard RPT NH Chapter, P.T.G. ".......true more in general than specifically" ...........Lenny Bruce, spoofing a radio discussion of the Hebrew= roots of Calypso music +++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>