<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3207.2500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Amen!! And if their practice rooms ARE filled with = them, may someone else tune them. I would personally rather starve to death. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>    Hey, it's my two cents, I paid = for it!</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM" = title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM>Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 03, 2000 = 11:42 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> May Their Practice = rooms be filled with 1098's</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>List: <BR>I have my AOL account set up = to send me news about pianos, piano <BR>manufacturers, musicians and music news = in general.  If I copy the link to <BR>the List, it works for me but = I guess that is because I have AOL and <BR>apparently it will work only for = AOL members.  I thought this story was <BR>interesting, so I went to = the trouble of copying it. <BR><BR>My personal comment is that the = Steinway Grands are wonderful instruments but <BR>if my opinion were asked about which = verticals might be best suited for <BR>institutional use, it would be = Kawai far and above any other make.  I can <BR>just see the poor tech = who has to tune the new Steinway verticals cussing <BR>under his breath as he = enters the practice room. <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin <BR><BR>Duquesne University Announces Intent to Become an `All = Steinway School' At <BR>Warhol Museum Signing Ceremony on Monday, Dec. = 4</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=5 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B>  <BR>PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- = Becoming one of only 19 prestigious "All <BR>Steinway Schools" in the country, = the Mary Pappert School of Music at <BR>Duquesne University, Trombino Music = Centers and Steinway & Sons will sign an <BR>agreement of intent as part of a = ceremony to be held at The Andy Warhol <BR>Museum on Monday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m.  Henry Steinway, a fourth-generation <BR>descendant of company = founder Heinrich Engelhard Steinway, will give a <BR>presentation at 7 p.m. = with a reception following. <BR><BR>The announcement and ceremony are part of = a 10-day celebration of the 300th <BR>anniversary of the piano by = Trombino Music Centers, the exclusive Steinway <BR>representative for Western = Pennsylvania, that facilitated the arrangement <BR>with Duquesne University. =  This is the first time that Henry Steinway has <BR>participated in a music = school's official designation as an "All Steinway <BR>School." <BR><BR>As part = of the agreement that includes the addition of 66 new Steinway <BR>pianos, = Duquesne University's Mary Pappert School of Music will begin a fund- = <BR>raising campaign in order to have the pianos available by the next academic = <BR>year. <BR><BR>"By allowing a student of the Mary Pappert School of Music to = practice and <BR>perform on a Steinway, we are better helping that student on = their road to <BR>becoming a professional musician," said Dr. Edward Kocher, = the new dean of <BR>music at Duquesne University who will participate in = Monday's ceremony. <BR>Steinway & Sons, founded in 1853, produces less than = one percent of the <BR>pianos made worldwide, yet 98 percent of musicians = on the concert stage <BR>choose to play Steinways exclusively because of = their touch and tone, <BR>according to Trombino Music Centers.  Steinway = pianos can range anywhere in <BR>price from $15,000-$80,000 depending on their = size. <BR><BR>SOURCE  Duquesne University    <BR><BR>CO:  Duquesne University; Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne <BR>University;      Trombino Music Centers; = Steinway & Sons <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>