<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/28/05 4:56:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, pianoman@accessus.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fef9b4" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>= Just got my Feb issue of the Music Trades Mag.  It has a multi page spread <BR>on= the Mason & Hamlin and a pic of the underside of the new "CC". with a <BR>DOUBLE Centripetal Tension Resonator in place.  Since I have NEVE= R seen an <BR>old M&H CC I wonder for those of you who have, did the originals have a <BR>single ones like all the rest?   I have bee= n turned on by M&H's since my <BR>beginning in 1962 and used to own a 20= 's "A' till, the big D hit in 1999. <BR>Today I have a "A' from the Aeolian y= ears to tune and has been a client for <BR>many years now.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><= /DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>James,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>During the Aeolian years the 9' M and H had a single tension resonator,= unless my memory is faulty here.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I first got into the piano biz in 1978 or so, that was the first p= iano I fell in love with.  It was the first piano I saw when I walked in the= front door every day.  The owner got pissed at me because I used to com= e in early to play the piano--instead of work!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The City of Palo Alto bought it for 12,000 dollars!  While pianos = made by Aeolian at that period had many flaws, they had that incredibly resonant Mason sound.  I am looking forward to the CA conference!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>