<html> At 07:51 AM 11/27/00 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>They do not.  </blockquote> click on features on the left sidebar on <a href="http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmu/stuart1.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmu/stuart1.html</a> -- maybe they haven't made any yet but they have the means to do so? <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>And, yes, most anything can be done on a custom basis.  Using traditional methods, the primary limitation is in the necessity of making a plate pattern and having a plate cast.  We are now building a prototype piano using an interlocking steel plate which by-passes the casting.  Cost for a one-off piano, once we have the whole process figured out, will be competitive with very high end pianos of similar size.  That is, we could build a one-off piano of the Bosendorfer 290/Fazioli 308 size range for prices similar to their retail prices.  Still frightfully expensive, of course, but a lot less than going the cast plate route, and probably better in the long run.   Depending on cabinetry, a large upright (of any reasonable size -- sooner or later the action configuration would get rather tricky, i.e., heavy unless the stickers were made out of something exotic) could also be built for about the retail price of the Bosendorfer 130 -- i.e., in the $40,000 to $50,000 range.   Del <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:VOCE88@AOL.COM">VOCE88@AOL.COM</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> <dd>Sent: November 27, 2000 3:14 AM <dd>Subject: Re: bosendorfer imperial pianos <dd>In a message dated 11/27/00 5:11:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, <dd><a href="mailto:stephen_airy@yahoo.com">stephen_airy@yahoo.com</a> writes: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> <dd>.  :(  I would also be interested in info on the <dd>Stuart & Sons Australian piano (upright preferred -- personal preference) <dd>(it has extra keys in the treble) but I don't even want to think about the <dd>price tag on those considering what I know about them! </blockquote> <dd>I didn't think Stuart & Sons ever made an upright. But I guess if you custom <dd>ordered one................... <dd>Richard Galassini <dd>Cunningham Piano Co. & Factory <dd>Philadelphia, Pa. <dd>1 (800) 394-1117 <dd><a href="http://hometown.aol.com/voce88/cunn.html">http://hometown.aol.com/voce88/cunn.html</a> </dl></blockquote></html> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com