<!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 size=2>Whatever you think of Larry Fine's Piano Book, = he does a good job addressing this hype, in my opinion ("university sales" of last = year's model: implying they're worn out after a year!  = Sheesh..).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: <<A = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:10 AM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: RE: OT to the Max was RE: space between black = keys</DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>> We = gotta write that book, Ron!<BR>> <BR>> Hemp-o-temp??? Sounds like that = "exclusive Harmi-Tone action" on the Kimball<BR>> console (built by Pratt = & Reed and sure looks like almost every other<BR>> short-sticker upright = action I've seen). I guess it's like the pianos with<BR>> "Patented Bell = Metal" plates. That's another book someone could write: All<BR>> the hype = and nonsense piano makers have claimed or implied about their<BR>> = products, with another whole section on the verbal chicanery, ignorance, = and<BR>> unadulterated sales BS of some (many? most?) piano dealers.<BR>> = <BR>> Alan<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>