<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType = name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Strangely enough I've tuned a new small = Story and Clark here in South Africa that someone brought over with them - its a = Suzuki, as its marketed here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mechanically I found nothing wrong with = it, less bright than a Yamaha of similar size (C1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dporritt@mail.smu.edu = href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">Porritt, David</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 07, 2005 = 5:29 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Nordiska, Story & Clark</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I have a caller who is looking at low priced = and small “baby grands” (don’t you hate that term).  She has seen the = Nordiska and Story & Clark Chinese pianos and asked me about them.  Does = anyone have any experience with these pianos as opposed to things like = <st1:place w:st="on">Pearl River</st1:place>?  Her budget is not going to = get her a grand piano in a much higher quality bracket.  Any information = would be better than my no information.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">dave<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV id=idSignature5058> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: = black">__________________________</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">David M. Porritt, = RPT<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Meadows</st1:PlaceName> = <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of the Arts<BR>Southern = <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType = w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dallas</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">75275</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A = title=mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu"><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: = 10pt">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P= ></DIV></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >